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| | | Provides funds to support the cost of | | reimbursing health care practitioners for | | forensic examinations of alleged victims of | | gross sexual assault. |
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| | | Sec. 13. Effective date. Those sections of this Act that enact the | | Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 3360-M, Title 24, | | section 2986, Title 25, section 2915 and chapter 407 and Title | | 30-A, section 287, subsection 2-A; that amend Title 30-A, section | | 287, subsection 1 and subsection 3; and that repeal Title 30-A, | | section 287, subsection 4 take effect November 1, 2000. |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this Act takes effect when approved, except as otherwise | | indicated. |
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| | | APPROPRIATIONS/ALLOCATIONS |
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| | | This bill includes a General Fund appropriation of $2,400 in | | fiscal year 2000-01 for the Bureau of State Police within the | | Department of Public Safety to cover the General Fund share of | | the costs of providing forensic examination kits to all licensed | | hospitals and all licensed health care practitioners. The | | estimated annual future costs are $2,400 beginning in fiscal year | | 2001-02. This bill also includes a Highway Fund allocation of | | $3,600 in fiscal year 2000-01 for the Bureau of State Police to | | cover the Highway Fund share of the costs of providing forensic | | examination kits. The estimated annual future costs are $3,600 | | beginning in fiscal year 2001-02. The Bureau of State Police | | will also incur some minor additional costs to adopt rules | | pertaining to forensic examination kits. These costs can be | | absorbed within the bureau's existing budgeted resources. |
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| | | This bill also includes an Other Special Revenue funds | | allocation of $100,000 from the Victims' Compensation Fund within | | the Department of the Attorney General to support the cost of | | reimbursing health care practitioners who perform forensic | | examinations on alleged victims of gross sexual assault. The | | annual cost is estimated to be $150,000. Since revenue accruing | | to the Victims' Compensation Fund has historically exceeded |
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