Laws
Maine is without a Law but with Relevant/Related Laws, Bills, or Advocacy Activities.
Several laws require collection or race and ethnicity data, but these laws do not specify subcategories beyond the federal requirements. For example:
- Data collection protocols for the syringe services program require collecting “demographic information of all Consumers including age, race, ethnicity, sex and gender.” ME ADC 10-144 Ch. 252, § 1
- The Department of Corrections must collect data on residents in a Supervised Community Confinement program, including “demographic data regarding age, gender, gender identity, race and ethnicity, and convictions leading to the resident’s current imprisonment.” ME ADC 03-201 Ch. 10, Subs. 27.2, § VII
- The state’s “interpersonal violence climate survey” must collect “demographic information that could be used to identify at-risk groups including but not limited to gender, race and sexual orientation.” ME ST T. 20-A § 12984
- A state law — “Directing the Maine Health Data Organization to Determine the Best Methods and Definitions to Use in Collecting Data to Better Understand Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Provision of Health Care in Maine” — requires the Maine Health Data Organization (MHDO) to develop a report on the best methods and definitions to use in collecting data to better understand racial and ethnic disparities in the provision of health care in Maine. https://mhdo.maine.gov/_pdf/MHDO%20Report_CollectionofDataRaceandEthnicityinHealthCareMaine_220304.pdf.