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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation To Study the Complaint Resolution Process’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation directed to study procedural changes in the complaint resolution process. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation, in consultation with interested parties including the Maine Regulatory Fairness Board, shall conduct a study of the need to establish protocols for the resolution of complaints made to occupational and professional licensing boards within and affiliated with the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation; and be it further
Sec. 2. Reporting date established. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation shall submit any recommendations from the study under section 1 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over business, research and economic development matters by February 15, 2011. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over business, research and economic development matters may submit a bill regarding the subject matter of the study to the First Regular Session of the 125th Legislature.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve that directs the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation, in consultation with interested parties including the Maine Regulatory Fairness Board, to conduct a study of the need to establish protocols for the resolution of complaints made to occupational and professional licensing boards within and affiliated with the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. It requires the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation to submit any recommendations from the study to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over business, research and economic development matters by February 15, 2011. It also authorizes the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over business, research and economic development matters to submit a bill regarding the subject matter of the study to the First Regular Session of the 125th Legislature.