§ 12-18-104 — Confidentiality

(a) Any data, records, reports, or documents that are created, collected, or compiled by or on behalf of the Department of Human Services, the Division of Arkansas State Police, or other entity authorized under this chapter to perform investigations or provide services to children, individuals, or families shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq. (b) Any data, records, reports, or documents released under this chapter to law enforcement, a prosecuting attorney, or a court by the Department of Human Services and the Division of Arkansas State Police are confidential and shall be sealed and not re-disclosed without a protective order to ensure the items of evidence for which there is a reasonable expectation of privacy are not distributed to a person or institution without a legitimate interest in the evidence, provided that nothing in this chapter is deemed to abrogate the right of discovery in a criminal case under the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure or the law. (c) Confidential data, records, reports, or documents created, collected, or compiled by or on behalf of the Department of Human Services, the Division of Arkansas State Police, or other entity authorized under this chapter to perform investigations or provide services to children, individuals, or families may be: (1) Disclosed to and discussed with a member of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee; and (2) Disclosed and discussed in closed meetings conducted by the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee under § 10-3-3201 et seq.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 1081,§ 7, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2017, No. 713,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1004,§ 2, eff. 7/22/2015. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1006,§ 7, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1.