§ 16-49-3-7 — Prepare and release report; identifying information excluded; review data confidential; joint report

Indiana § 16-49-3-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 49: CHILD FATALITY REVIEWS
• Ch. 3: Local Child Fatality Review Teams

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(a) Before July 1 each year, a local child
fatality review team shall prepare and submit to the state child fatality
review coordinator a report that must include the following
information:
(1) A summary of the data collected regarding the reviews
conducted by the local child fatality review team in the previous
calendar year.
(2) Actions recommended by the local child fatality review team
to prevent injuries to children and child deaths in the area served
by the local child fatality review team.
(3) Solutions proposed for system inadequacies.
(b) Not later than July 31 of each year, the state child fatality review
coordinator shall provide to the executive director of the legislative
services agency, for distribution to the interim study committee on
child services, a copy of the annual report submitted for that year by a
local child fatality review team under subsection (a). Reports provided
under this subsection must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(c) A report released under this section may not contain identifying
information relating to the fatalities reviewed by the local child fatality
review team.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this article, review data
concerning a child fatality is confidential and may not be released.
(e) A local child fatality review team may prepare and release a joint
report for the report required by subsection (a) with another child
fatality review team if the local child fatality review team reviewed
fewer than two (2) child fatalities in the previous calendar year.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.119-2013, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.2-2014, SEC.81; P.L.29-2016, SEC.6; P.L.148-2021, SEC.6.