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Maine law clarifies PFAS fund privacy, adds staff and changes committee chair rules
Summary
The Maine Legislature’s LD 130, signed into law and effective Sept. 24, 2025, added statutory language clarifying that PFAS fund-related health information is confidential and authorized the fund to pay for personnel services, among other administrative changes, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry officials told the PFAS Fund advisory committee.
The Maine Legislature’s LD 130, signed into law and effective Sept. 24, 2025, added statutory language clarifying that PFAS fund-related health information is confidential and authorized the fund to pay for personnel services, among other administrative changes, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry officials told the PFAS Fund advisory committee.
The changes “clarify that any information that the department collects related to our health initiatives ... is confidential medical information,” Director Beth Valentine said, noting the department does not receive clinical results but will develop lists of eligible people and billing information.
The statute also added personnel services as an allowable purpose of…
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