HB0225 - Confidentiality of juvenile information-youth councils.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0546

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0225

 

 

Confidentiality of juvenile information-youth councils.

 

Sponsored by:  Representative(s) Law, Nagel and Shivler and
Senator(s) Larson

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to confidentiality of juvenile information;
 2  authorizing a member of a youth council or of a similar
 3  group who a district court judge has authorized to address
 4  potentially delinquent behavior of a minor to receive and
 5  disclose certain confidential information as specified;
 6  providing for immunity from liability for disclosure under
 7  certain circumstances; and providing for an effective date.

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 9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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11         Section 1.  W.S. 14-6-203(g)(iv) and by creating new
12  subsection (k) is amended to read:

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14         14-6-203.  Jurisdiction; confidentiality of records.

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 1         (g)  Except as provided by subsection (j) of this
 2  section, all information, reports or records made, received
 3  or kept by any municipal, county or state officer or
 4  employee evidencing any legal or administrative process or
 5  disposition resulting from a minor's misconduct are
 6  confidential and subject to the provisions of this act. The
 7  existence of the information, reports or records or
 8  contents thereof shall not be disclosed by any person
 9  unless:

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11              (iv)  The disclosure results from the information
12  being shared with or between designated employees of any
13  court, any law enforcement agency, any prosecutor's office,
14  any employee of the victim services division within the
15  office of the attorney general, any probation office or any
16  employee of the department of family services, or the
17  minor's past or present school district who has been
18  designated to share the information by the department of
19  family services or by the school district or any member of
20  any youth council or similar group authorized by a district
21  court judge to deal with minors exhibiting potentially
22  delinquent behavior or to implement programs as an
23  alternative to, or in addition to, instituting proceedings
24  against the minor in any court of this state. A person

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 1  authorized to disclose information under this paragraph
 2  shall not violate any law, statutory or otherwise,
 3  governing privileged communications; or

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 5         (k)  A person authorized by paragraph (g)(iv) of this
 6  section to disclose information who in good faith discloses
 7  information with other persons authorized to disclose
 8  information under paragraph (g)(iv) shall not be liable for
 9  any civil damages for good faith acts or omissions with
10  respect to disclosure of the information.

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12         Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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14                         (END)

 

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