Reference is to Printer's Date 5/29/14--S.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking SECTIONS 10 and 11 and inserting:
/ SECTION 10. Section 63-7-940(A)(7) and (8) of the 1976 Code are amended to read:
"(7)
as authorized in Section 63-7-2000;
and
(8)
the Department of Child Fatalities pursuant to Section
63-11-1960; and
(9)
(a) the director or
his designee who may disclose information to respond to an
inquiry by a committee or subcommittee of the Senate or the
House of Representatives or a joint committee of the General
Assembly, which is engaged in oversight or investigating the
activities of the department, provided that such information is
reviewed in closed session and kept confidential.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 4, Title 30, meetings
to review information disclosed pursuant to this subitem must be
held in closed session and any documents or other materials
provided or reviewed during the closed session are not subject
to public disclosure.
(b)
The department shall state that the case was
unfounded when disclosing information pursuant to this
item."
SECTION 11. Section 63-7-1990(G) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(G)(1) The
state director of the department or the director's designee may
disclose to the media information contained in child protective
services records if the disclosure is limited to discussion of
the department's activities in handling the case including
information placed in the public domain by other public
officials, a criminal prosecution, the alleged perpetrator or
the attorney for the alleged perpetrator, or other public
judicial proceedings. For purposes of this subsection,
information is considered 'placed in the public domain' when it
has been reported in the news media, is contained in public
records of a criminal justice agency, is contained in public
records of a court of law, or has been the subject of testimony
in a public judicial proceeding.
(2)
The director or his designee shall disclose
information in records required to be kept confidential pursuant
to subsection (A) to respond to an inquiry from a committee or
subcommittee of the Senate or the House of Representatives or a
joint committee of the General Assembly, which is engaged in
oversight or investigating the activities of the department. The
information must be reviewed in a closed session and kept
confidential. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 4, Title
30, meetings to review information disclosed pursuant to this
item must be held in closed session and any documents or other
materials provided or reviewed during the closed session are not
subject to public disclosure." /
Amend further by striking SECTION 12 in its entirety.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.