LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S CHAPTER
SIGNATURE
369
JUNE 26, 2021 PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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H.P. 1026 - L.D. 1392
An Act Directing the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention To
Release Annually Public Health Data Regarding Certain Fatalities and
Hospitalizations
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA c. 256-A is enacted to read:
CHAPTER 256-A
REPORTING OF FIREARM FATALITIES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS
§1425. Annual report on firearm fatalities and hospitalizations
Beginning January 1, 2022, the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and
Prevention within the Department of Health and Human Services shall report annually to
the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human
services matters on the following data:
1. Firearm fatalities. Public health data concerning firearm fatalities in the State,
separated by:
A. The number of homicides, including the number of homicides that were the result
of domestic violence, further separated by the ages of the victims for each;
B. Suicides, further separated by the ages of the victims; and
C. Unintentional discharges, further separated by the ages of the victims; and
2. Hospitalizations. Hospitalizations that occurred as a result of a firearm but did not
result in death.
The Commissioner of Public Safety, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, the Office of
the Attorney General and the Maine Health Data Organization shall assist the Director of
the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention with the collection of the data
required in this section.
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The Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention shall make the report
required under this section publicly available.
Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §1544, 2nd ¶, as amended by PL 2001, c. 399, §6, is further
amended to read:
The bureau shall establish a category for abuse by adults of family or household
members, a category for cruelty to animals and, a category for crimes that manifest
evidence of prejudice based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or ethnicity and
a category for unintentional and intentional firearm discharges that are supplementary to
its other reported information. The bureau shall prescribe the information to be submitted
in the same manner as for all other categories of the uniform crime reports.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1392, HP 1026: 22.20
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 369: 25.1544