Gov. Janet Mills unveiled a brand new invoice Wednesday that she stated will improve public security and strengthen Maine’s psychological well being system within the wake of the mass capturing in Lewiston in October.
Mills spoke concerning the laws throughout her State of the State deal with, saying her proposals would offer extra public security whereas respecting the suitable to bear arms and Maine’s robust traditions of gun possession and entry. The invoice offers extra particulars and particular funding requests that may now be reviewed, and doubtlessly amended by, lawmakers.
The laws would set up a violence prevention program on the Maine Middle for Illness Management and Prevention, develop 24-hour psychological well being disaster receiving facilities, modify Maine’s yellow flag legislation and develop obligatory background checks for gun purchases to incorporate marketed, non-public gross sales.
Mills additionally has proposed a number of funds initiatives that might complement the reforms and increase psychological well being remedy entry.
The Governor’s invoice is sponsored by Sen. Peggy Rotundo, D-Lewiston, and Rep. Kristen Cloutier, D-Lewiston. It’s cosponsored by the Democratic leaders of each the Home and Senate.
“The proposals on this invoice usually are not excessive or uncommon, or a cookie cutter model of one other’s state’s legal guidelines,” Mills stated in a written assertion. “They’re sensible, common sense measures which can be Maine-made and true to our tradition and our longstanding traditions whereas assembly at the moment’s wants. They symbolize significant progress, with out trampling on anyone’s rights, and they’ll higher defend public security.
“I hope that lawmakers will strategy these proposals with an open thoughts, reflecting not solely upon what they consider is greatest however on what those that disagree with them consider is greatest as nicely. For the sake of the communities, people, and households now struggling immeasurable ache, and for the sake of our state, we are going to act,” she stated.
The invoice would:
• Set up an Damage and Violence Prevention Program on the Maine Middle for Illness Management and Prevention that might deliver collectively knowledge about violence-related accidents and deaths to establish patterns to tell public well being and prevention measures to scale back suicides and homicides in Maine. That is supported by $1 million within the Governor’s supplemental funds.
•Set up a statewide community of disaster receiving facilities beginning with a brand new 24-hour clinic in Lewiston. That is supported by $950,000 in one-time start-up funding and $450,000 in ongoing funds for the Lewiston disaster receiving heart within the Mills’ proposed funds.
• Strengthen Maine’s so-called yellow flag legislation by permitting legislation enforcement to hunt a protecting custody warrant signed by a choose to allow them to start the method of eradicating somebody’s weapons when the topic shouldn’t be compliant.
• Require background checks for marketed non-public firearm gross sales in the identical means background checks are required for industrial gun gross sales by licensed sellers. Transfers of firearms to relations or trusted associates, as is frequent in Maine, will stay unchanged.
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