House Journal: Page 1228: Wednesday, April 5, 2000
3 on a specific case of child abuse which resulted in a
4 child fatality or near fatality."
5 13. By striking page 3, line 32 through page 4,
6 line 5 and inserting the following: "protection
7 system in order to improve the system. After".
8 14. Page 5, by striking lines 28 and 29 and
9 inserting the following:
10 "i. Information, the release of which is a
11 violation of federal law or regulation."
12 15. Page 6, by striking lines 6 through 15 and
13 inserting the following: "other official source. The
14 child abuse information may also include the following
15 related information that the individual is allowed
16 under law to possess: department of human services
17 information described in section 217.30, subsection 1,
18 mental health information as defined in section 228.1,
19 and juvenile court social records and other
20 information in official juvenile court records
21 described in section 232.147. a person who receives
22 confidential child abuse information and related
23 information redisseminated under this subsection".
24 16. Page 7, by inserting after line 14 the
25 following:
26 "Sec. ___. STUDY OF ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL
27 INFORMATION. The legislative council is requested to
28 establish a study committee for the 2000 interim to
29 review state policy regarding confidential information
30 in the area of child abuse and other human services-
31 related programs. The study shall include
32 consideration of the review of the child abuse program
33 performed by independent experts retained by the
34 department of human services, approaches used in other
35 states, policy regarding privileged information, and
36 access to agency and other information by the office
37 of the citizens' aide."
38 17. Page 7, by striking lines 15 through 20 and
39 inserting the following:
40 "Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE - APPLICABILITY. This
41 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
42 effect upon enactment and is applicable to disclosures
43 of information on or after the date of enactment
44 related to cases of child abuse reported prior to, on,
45 or after the effective date of this Act."
46 18. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
47 inserting the following: "An Act providing for access
48 to certain child abuse information, making penalties
49 and".
50 19. By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
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