Sec. D-1. Research and report regarding potential offenders. The Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Safety, in cooperation with the Child Abuse Action Network and the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault, shall:
1. Identify the subpopulation of potential offenders or young persons at risk of offending because they have been sexually abused or face a significant mental health disability, with recognition of the fact that over 95% of sex offenders are male;
2. Identify the types of prevention and treatment currently known to work with these young persons;
3. Coordinate prevention and education efforts with the goal of seeking coordinated services to transition at-risk youth to healthy adulthood; and
4. Report findings to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services and criminal justice and public safety matters no later than January 30, 2005.
Sec. D-2. Retroactivity. Those sections of this Act that amend the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-A apply retroactively to June 30, 1992.
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