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Maine department bill would give licensing division subpoena power in investigations of vulnerable-adult abuse
Summary
At a public hearing before the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services, a department-sponsored bill that would allow the Maine Division of Licensing and Certification to issue subpoenas for records and testimony in investigations of abuse, neglect and exploitation of vulnerable adults was introduced.
At a public hearing before the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services, a department-sponsored bill that would allow the Maine Division of Licensing and Certification (DLC) to issue subpoenas for records and testimony in investigations of abuse, neglect and exploitation of vulnerable adults was introduced.
The sponsor said the bill “seeks to strengthen the Division of Licensing and Certification’s efforts to complete investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of vulnerable adults in a timely fashion.” She told the committee that DLC is currently unable to obtain records related to…
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