1. Payment of expenses by district attorney. Except as provided in subsection 2, in all cases reported to a law enforcement officer of sexual abuse of crimes against minors, or assault when serious bodily injury has been inflicted and gross sexual assault, the office of the district attorney of the county in which the alleged crime occurred shall pay the expenses of a physical examination of the victim conducted for the purpose of obtaining evidence for the prosecution. Pursuant to Title 5, section 3360-M, the Victims' Compensation Board shall pay the expenses of forensic examinations for alleged victims of gross sexual assault.

Sec. 6. 30-A MRSA §287, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

2-A.__Drug and alcohol testing.__Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2 and Title 5, section 3360-M, the district attorney shall pay the expense of any analysis of a drug or alcohol test performed as part of a forensic examination of an alleged victim of gross sexual assault when the purpose of the analysis is to obtain evidence for the prosecution.

Sec. 7. 30-A MRSA §287, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

3. Medical personnel not liable for furnishing reports, records or testimony. No A physician, nurse, hospital, clinic or any other person, firm or corporation attending a victim under subsection 1 may be is not liable in damages or otherwise for providing reports or records, copies of reports or records or for their testimony relating to any examination performed under this section when those reports, records or testimony are provided to a district attorney, a law enforcement officer or a court for the purpose of prosecuting the alleged crime, whether or not the reports, records or testimony are provided with the written authorization of the victim examined under this section.

Sec. 8. 30-A MRSA §287, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1997, c. 333, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 9. Rulemaking. Notwithstanding the effective date section of this Act, the Victims' Compensation Board shall begin its rule- making process pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 3360-M, subsections 2 and 5 when this Act is approved. Notwithstanding the effective date section of this Act, the Department of Public Safety shall begin its rule-making