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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Prohibit Infringing on the Rights of Association of Dependent Adults’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §555, sub-§1, ¶¶A and B, as amended by PL 2015, c. 306, §1, are further amended to read:
 
A. The person recklessly endangers the health, safety or mental welfare of a dependent person. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; or
 
B. The person intentionally or knowingly endangers the health, safety or mental welfare of a dependent person. Violation of this paragraph is a Class C crime.;
Sec. 2.  17-A MRSA §555, sub-§1, ¶¶C and D  are enacted to read:
 
C.  The person recklessly infringes on a dependent person's rights of association, including but not limited to the right to receive visitors, mail or telephone or electronic communication, for the purpose of establishing or maintaining undue influence over that person. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; or
 
D.  The person intentionally or knowingly infringes on a dependent person's rights of association, including but not limited to the right to receive visitors, mail or telephone or electronic communication, for the purpose of establishing or maintaining undue influence over that person. Violation of this paragraph is a Class C crime.
Sec. 3.  17-A MRSA §555, sub-§2, ¶C  is enacted to read:
 
C. "Undue influence" has the same meaning as in section 109, subsection 4.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill and provides a new title. The amendment adds new variants to the crime of endangering the welfare of a dependent person. The new variants are the Class D crime of recklessly infringing on a dependent person's rights of association, including but not limited to the right to receive visitors, mail or telephone or electronic communication, for the purpose of establishing or maintaining undue influence over that person and the Class C crime of intentionally and knowingly infringing on a dependent person's rights of association for the purpose of establishing or maintaining undue influence over that person. The amendment also provides a definition for "undue influence."