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20-27-1707. Reporting.
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20-27-1707. Reporting.
(a)(1) The Arkansas Child Death Review Panel shall report on or before December 31 of each year to the Legislative Council the number and causes of unexpected deaths of children.
(2) The Legislative Council shall forward the report to the Senate Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs.
(b) The report shall include:
(1) The Arkansas Child Death Review Panel's finding and recommendations for each of its duties under § 20-27-1704;
(2) An analysis of factual information obtained from the review of the child death investigation reports under § 20-27-1705; and
(3) Reports of the Arkansas Child Death Review Panel and any local or regional review panels that do not violate the confidentiality provisions under § 20-27-1706.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-27-1707
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20-27-1707. Reporting.
(a)(1) The Arkansas Child Death Review Panel shall report on or before December 31 of each year to the Legislative Council the number and causes of unexpected deaths of children.
(2) The Legislative Council shall forward the report to the Senate Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs.
(b) The report shall include:
(1) The Arkansas Child Death Review Panel's finding and recommendations for each of its duties under § 20-27-1704;
(2) An analysis of factual information obtained from the review of the child death investigation reports under § 20-27-1705; and
(3) Reports of the Arkansas Child Death Review Panel and any local or regional review panels that do not violate the confidentiality provisions under § 20-27-1706.
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20-27-1704. Duties.
The Arkansas Child Death Review Panel may:
(1) Establish local and regional review panels and delegate some or all of its responsibilities under this subchapter;
(2) Analyze data available from state agencies or other agencies that may decrease unexpected deaths of children;
(3) Collect, review, and analyze all death investigation reports prepared under this subchapter and other appropriate information to prepare reports for the General Assembly concerning the causes of unexpected deaths of children and methods to decrease those deaths;
(4) Identify trends relevant to unexpected deaths of children;
(5) Educate the citizens of Arkansas regarding the incidence and causes of injury to and death of children and of the public's role to assist in reducing this risk;
(6) Establish training criteria for county coroners; and
(7) Determine the information to be included in a child death investigation report and provide this information to county coroners, medical providers, and other agencies to be used in preparing a death investigation report.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-27-1704
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 20-27-1704. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-27-1705. Investigation.
(a)(1) A copy of a child death investigation report required under this subchapter, including information from law enforcement agencies, coroners, fire departments, or medical providers, or any other information relative to the death investigation shall be provided to the Arkansas Child Death Review Panel within thirty (30) days from the date the Arkansas Child Death Review Panel requests the information.
(2) Subdivision (a)(1) of this section is not applicable to a death that is under criminal investigation or prosecution or has been adjudicated in a court of law.
(b)(1) The Arkansas Child Death Review Panel or a local or regional review panel may access medical records and vital records in the custody of physicians, hospitals, clinics, other healthcare providers, and the Department of Health concerning the unexpected death of the child being investigated.
(2) The Arkansas Child Death Review Panel may request any other information, documents, or records pertaining to the completed investigation of unexpected deaths of children.
(c) Nothing in this subchapter shall alter or restrict the authority or jurisdiction of a county coroner.
(d) When the Arkansas Child Death Review Panel determines that a parent or guardian was treating a child according to the tenets and practices of a recognized religious method of treatment that has a reasonable proven record of success, the Arkansas Child Death Review Panel is not required to make a finding of negligent treatment or maltreatment.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-27-1705
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 20-27-1705. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-27-1706. Records — Confidentiality.
(a)(1) All records, reports, and other information obtained by the Arkansas Child Death Review Panel or local or regional review panel and the result of any child death investigation report shall be confidential.
(2) The records, reports, and other information obtained by the Arkansas Child Death Review Panel or local or regional review panel shall not be:
(A) Subject to a subpoena;
(B) Disclosed or compelled to be produced in any civil, administrative, or other proceeding; or
(C) Admissible as evidence in any civil, administrative, or other proceeding.
(3) The records, reports, and other information obtained by the Arkansas Child Death Review Panel or local or regional review panel shall be available to law enforcement agencies and prosecuting attorneys.
(b) Any person, agency, or entity furnishing confidential information shall not be liable for releasing the confidential information if the information was furnished in good faith under this subchapter.
(c) The Arkansas Child Death Review Panel may publish statistical compilations reflecting unexpected deaths of children that do not identify individual cases, physicians, hospitals, clinics, or other healthcare providers.
(d)(1) State, local, or regional review panel members shall be immune from civil and criminal liability in connection with their good-faith participation on the review panel and all activities related to the review panel.
(2) No civil or criminal immunity exists if a state, local, or regional review panel member knowingly or willingly violates this subchapter.
(e) Pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, disclosure of protected health information is allowed for public health, safety, and law enforcement pur
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-27-1706
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 20-27-1706. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.