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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 904.602, subsection 3, Code 1997, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. Information identified in subsection 2 shall not be 1 4 disclosed or used by any person or agency except for purposes 1 5 of the administration of the department's programs of services 1 6 or assistance and shall not, except as otherwise provided in 1 7subsection 4this section, be disclosed by the department or 1 8 be used by persons or agencies outside the department unless 1 9 they are subject to, or agree to, comply with standards of 1 10 confidentiality comparable to those imposed on the department 1 11 by this section. 1 12 Sec. 2. Section 904.602, Code 1997, is amended by adding 1 13 the following new subsection: 1 14 NEW SUBSECTION. 6A. Information described in subsection 2 1 15 which pertains to the name and address of the employer of an 1 16 individual who is receiving or has received services shall be 1 17 released upon request to a registered victim of a crime which 1 18 was committed by that individual. 1 19 Sec. 3. Section 910A.9, Code 1997, is amended by adding 1 20 the following new subsection: 1 21 NEW SUBSECTION. 8. Information which may be obtained upon 1 22 request pertaining to or the procedures for obtaining 1 23 information upon request pertaining to the offender's current 1 24 employer. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 This bill permits persons who are registered as victims of 1 27 a crime to obtain information upon request pertaining to the 1 28 employer of the offender who has committed the crime against 1 29 the registered victim. Code section 904.602 is amended to 1 30 provide, upon request by a registered victim of a crime, an 1 31 exception to the confidentiality requirements which protect 1 32 from disclosure the name of the employer of a person who is 1 33 receiving or has received services from the department of 1 34 corrections or a judicial district department of corrections. 1 35 The bill also provides that the department of corrections is 2 1 to, upon request, release to registered victims of violent 2 2 crimes information pertaining to or the procedures for 2 3 obtaining information pertaining to the employer of the 2 4 perpetrator of the crime. Currently, although the location of 2 5 the perpetrator of a crime may be released by the department 2 6 or a judicial district department of corrections to any member 2 7 of the general public, the name of the employer of the 2 8 perpetrator may only be released under very limited 2 9 circumstances. 2 10 LSB 3426YH 77 2 11 lh/sc/14.1
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