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LD108 • 2025

An Act to Authorize the Release of Military Records to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for the Purposes of Suicide Reporting and Prevention

An Act to Authorize the Release of Military Records to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for the Purposes of Suicide Reporting and Prevention

Healthcare
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Morgan Rielly
Last action
2025-05-29
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act to Authorize the Release of Military Records to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for the Purposes of Suicide Reporting and Prevention

An Act to Authorize the Release of Military Records to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for the Purposes of Suicide Reporting and Prevention Sponsor: Representative Morgan Rielly Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Authorize the Release of Military Records to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for the Purposes of Suicide Reporting and Prevention Sponsor: Representative Morgan Rielly Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0138(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0138(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 108 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.
Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0138(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0138(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 108 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-29 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-27 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-27 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/OTP-AM

  5. 2025-02-26 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-02-26 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-01-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Authorize the Release of Military Records to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for the Purposes of Suicide Reporting and Prevention
Sponsor:
Representative Morgan Rielly
Reference committee:
Veterans and Legal Affairs
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0138(04)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 73 - L.D. 108
An Act to Authorize the Release of Military Records to the Office of Chief
Medical Examiner for the Purposes of Suicide Reporting and Prevention
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 37-B MRSA §509, sub-§7 is enacted to read:
7. Release of information about military status; suicide reporting and prevention.
Upon request by an authorized representative of the Department of the Attorney General,
Office of Chief Medical Examiner in the conduct of official duties, the bureau may release
information regarding a deceased person's military service to the Office of Chief Medical
Examiner for the purposes of suicide reporting and prevention.
APPROVED
MAY 29, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
131
PUBLIC LAW