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10-3-3203. Confidentiality — Unlawful disclosure.
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10-3-3203. Confidentiality — Unlawful disclosure.
(a) Except as otherwise provided under § 10-3-3202(f), the meetings of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee are closed and are exempt from public observance under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.
(b) Correspondence between Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee members and information considered by the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee in furtherance of the goals of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee are exempt from public inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.
(c)(1) A member of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee may have access to and may disclose any child maltreatment record to the extent authorized by:
(A) This subchapter;
(B) The Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq.; and
(C) Any other law of this state concerning child maltreatment records.
(2) Except as provided under subdivisions (c)(3) and (4) of this section, a member of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee shall not disclose to any other person:
(A) Any child maltreatment record obtained during or in relation to a meeting of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee; and
(B) The details of a discussion related to any child maltreatment record that occurs during or in relation to a meeting of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee.
(3) A legislative member of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee, acting in his or her official capacity, may disclose information from a child maltreatment record that is obtained under this section to:
(A) Federal, state, and local governmental entitie
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 10-3-3203
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10-3-3203. Confidentiality — Unlawful disclosure.
(a) Except as otherwise provided under § 10-3-3202(f), the meetings of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee are closed and are exempt from public observance under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.
(b) Correspondence between Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee members and information considered by the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee in furtherance of the goals of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee are exempt from public inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.
(c)(1) A member of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee may have access to and may disclose any child maltreatment record to the extent authorized by:
(A) This subchapter;
(B) The Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq.; and
(C) Any other law of this state concerning child maltreatment records.
(2) Except as provided under subdivisions (c)(3) and (4) of this section, a member of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee shall not disclose to any other person:
(A) Any child maltreatment record obtained during or in relation to a meeting of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee; and
(B) The details of a discussion related to any child maltreatment record that occurs during or in relation to a meeting of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee.
(3) A legislative member of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee, acting in his or her official capacity, may disclose information from a child maltreatment record that is obtained under this section to:
(A) Federal, state, and local governmental entities, or any agent of such entities, that have a need for such information to carry out their responsibilities under law to protect children from maltreatment;
(B)(i) Acting in their official capacities under law to protect children, individual United States and Arkansas senators and representatives and their authorized staff members but only if they agree not to permit redisclosure of the information except for a legitimate state purpose to protect children from child maltreatment.
(ii) However, disclosure shall not be made to any public committee or legislative body; and
(C) Acting in their official capacities under law to protect children, the Governor and the Governor's authorized staff members but only if they agree not to permit redisclosure of the information except for a legitimate state purpose to protect children from child maltreatment.
(4) Information obtained under this section may be disclosed to the Governor by a member of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee who serves on the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee as:
(A) The representative from the Governor's office selected by the Governor under § 10-3-3202(b)(1)(C); or
(B) The current or former member of the General Assembly appointed by the Governor under § 10-3-3202(b)(1)(P)(ii).
(d)(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful disclosure of data or information under this subchapter if the person knowingly discloses data or information to a person to whom disclosure is not permitted by this subchapter.
(2) Unlawful disclosure of data or information under this subchapter is a Class A misdemeanor.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
10-3-3202. Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee — Creation — Membership — Meetings — Definition.
(a)(1) There is created a legislative committee to be known as the “Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee” that shall review and evaluate:
(A) The conduct of child maltreatment investigations completed by the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services or the Crimes Against Children Division of the Division of Arkansas State Police; and
(B) Service delivery to children and families involved in an investigation of child maltreatment.
(2) All cases that are reviewed and evaluated under this section shall:
(A) Be completed investigations of child maltreatment; and
(B) Not be associated with a pending dependency-neglect case.
(b)(1) The Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee shall be composed of the following members:
(A) The Director of the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services, or his or her designee;
(B) The Commander of the Crimes Against Children Division of the Division of Arkansas State Police, or his or her designee;
(C) One (1) representative from the Governor's office, as selected by the Governor;
(D) One (1) attorney who is employed as parent counsel;
(E) One (1) dependency-neglect attorney ad litem;
(F) One (1) attorney who:
(i) Has experience representing parents in child welfare cases; and
(ii) Is not contracted by the state;
(G) One (1) judge or justice, who may be a retired judge or justice;
(H) One (1) current or former representative from the court-appointed special advocate program;
(I) One (1) representative from a child advocacy center;
(J)(i) One (1) parent who was previously designated as a subject o
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 10-3-3202
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12-18-101. Title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Child Maltreatment Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-18-101
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25-19-101. Title.
This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Freedom of Information Act of 1967”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-19-101
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 25-19-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.