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An Act To Enhance Enforcement of the Mandatory Reporting of Abuse and Neglect
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§3, ¶J, as amended by PL 2007, c. 371, §5, is further amended to read:
 
J. To a juvenile court when the child who is the subject of the records has been brought before the court pursuant to Title 15, Part 6; and
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§3, ¶K, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 371, §6, is amended to read:
 
K. A relative or other person whom the department is investigating for possible custody or placement of the child.; and
Sec. 3.  22 MRSA §4008, sub-§3, ¶L  is enacted to read:
 
L.  To a licensing board of a mandated reporter, in the case of a mandated reporter under section 4011-A, subsection 1 who appears to have failed to make a required report. Any information disclosed by the department personally identifying a licensee's client or patient remains confidential and may be used only in a proceeding as provided by Title 5, section 9057, subsection 6.
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to make a report, which may include confidential child protection information, to the licensing board of a professional who appears to have violated the mandatory reporting law. The licensing board and licensee are required to keep the information confidential, and its use in a disciplinary proceeding would be governed by the existing procedures in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 9057, subsection 6.