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An Act To Allow Children's Residential Care Facilities To Ensure the Safety of Their Residents
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  22 MRSA §8108  is enacted to read:
§ 8108. Search of property
An administrator of a children’s home or children’s residential care facility may search a resident’s backpack or travel bag and confiscate any items that pose a health or safety risk whenever that resident returns to the facility after an absence from the facility.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows an administrator of a children’s home or children’s residential care facility to search a resident’s backpack or travel bag and confiscate any items that pose a health or safety risk whenever that resident returns to the facility after an absence.