Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §4007, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 506, Pt. A, §42, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 733, §18, is amended to read:

1. Confidentiality of records and information. All department records which that contain personally identifying information and are created or obtained in connection with the department's child protective activities and activities related to a child while in the care or custody of the department, and all information contained in those records, are confidential and subject to release only under the conditions of subsections 2 and 3. Within the department, the records shall be available only to and used by appropriate departmental personnel and legal counsel for the department in carrying out their functions.

Within the department, the records are available only to and may be used only by appropriate departmental personnel and legal counsel for the department in carrying out their functions.

Any person who receives department records or information from the department may use the records or information only for the purposes for which that release was intended.__A person, including, but not limited to, a child, parent, custodian or subject of a record, may not further disseminate any record that person receives from the department unless the dissemination is otherwise required by law.

Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§2, ¶A-1 is enacted to read:

A-1.__A law enforcement agency, to the extent necessary for reporting, investigating and prosecuting an alleged crime, the victim of which is a department employee, an employee of the Attorney General's Office, an employee of any court or court system, a person mandated to report suspected abuse or neglect, a person who has made a report to the department, a person who has provided information to the department or an attorney, guardian ad litem, party, participant, witness or prospective witness in a child protection proceeding;

Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§2, ¶¶D-1 and D-2 are enacted to read:

D-1.__A parent, custodian or caretaker of a child when the department believes the child may be at risk of harm from the person who is the subject of the records or information,