CHAPTER 300

H.P. 618 - L.D. 867

An Act Regarding Child Protection Proceedings

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

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 A, §42, is repealed.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