APPROVED CHAPTER
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BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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H.P. 687 - L.D. 1092
Resolve, to Establish an Ad Hoc Committee to Address the Commercial
Sexual Exploitation of Children
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. Ad hoc committee establishment required. Resolved: That, no later
than November 1, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services shall establish an
ad hoc committee. The ad hoc committee shall make recommendations addressing the
intervention in and prevention of commercial sexual exploitation of children. For the
purposes of this section, "commercial sexual exploitation of children" means any activity
involving the sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child for the financial benefit of any
person or in exchange for anything of monetary or nonmonetary value given or received
by any person. The ad hoc committee must include representatives of the department, child
advocacy centers, community-based agencies with expertise working with commercially
sexually exploited children and a statewide coalition of sexual assault centers. By January
1, 2025, the department shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the
Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters with any
recommendations from the ad hoc committee.
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