HB0180 • 2015

Child interviews-neglect and abuse cases.

AN ACT relating to child protection; limiting disclosure of information obtained in a child abuse or neglect case as specified; requiring a court order to obtain information as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Children

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Representative Krone
Last action: 2015-03-12
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2015

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HB0180HW001

Committee of the Whole • Stubson

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by Stubson

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HB0180JC001

Conference Committee

H Adopted, S Adopted

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HB0180S2001

2nd reading • Ross

Adopted

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HB0180S2002

2nd reading • Perkins

Adopted

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Bill History

2015-03-12 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2015-03-12 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0105
2015-03-05 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0105
2015-03-05 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0105
2015-03-05 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0105
2015-03-05 Senate
S Adopted HB0180JC001: 28-1-1-0-0
2015-03-05 House
H Adopted HB0180JC001: 59-0-1-0-0
2015-02-27 Senate
S Appointed JCC01 Members
2015-02-26 House
H Appointed JCC01 Members
2015-02-26 House
H Concur:Failed 1-57-2-0-0
2015-02-25 House
H Received for Concurrence
2015-02-25 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-2-1-0-0
2015-02-24 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2015-02-24 Senate
Amendment Adopted
2015-02-24 Senate
Amendment Adopted
2015-02-23 Senate
S COW:Passed
2015-02-23 Senate
S Placed on General File
2015-02-23 Senate
Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2015-02-10 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
2015-02-06 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2015-02-05 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-1-0-0
2015-02-04 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2015-02-03 House
H COW:Passed
2015-02-03 House
Amendment Adopted
2015-01-30 House
H Placed on General File
2015-01-30 House
Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2015-01-28 House
H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary
2015-01-26 House
H Received for Introduction
2015-01-22 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
HB0180
Effective
:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0442

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA 105

Chapter No.:
191

Prime Sponsor:
Krone

Catch Title:
Child interviews-neglect and abuse cases.

Subject:
Authorizes a court to limit disclosure of recorded interviews in child abuse or neglect cases, as specified.

Summary/Major Elements:

Under current law, the Department of Family Services decides whether to allow access to records in child abuse or neglect cases.

This bill:

Restricts
disclosure of information, including recorded interviews of a child, to any person in any civil proceeding not related to an abuse or neglect case brought under the Child Protective Services Act, except under order of the court after determining such release would be appropriate;

Authorizes the court to conduct an
in camera
review of a recorded interview prior to issuing a protective order for the release of the information.

Requires that, if information is released, appropriate protections are
to be
in place to ensure against further dissemination in any form
.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0180

ENROLLED ACT NO. 105,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 14
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3
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214(b)
(intro)
and by creating a new subsection (h)
is
amended to read:

14
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3
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214
.

Confidentiality of records; penalties; access to information; attendance of school officials at interviews; access to central registry records pertaining to child protection cases.

(b)

Except as provided in subsecti
o
n (h) of this section, a
pplications for access to records concerning child abuse or neglect contained in the state agency or local child protective agency shall be made in the manner and form prescribed by the state agency. Upon appropriate application, the state agency shall give access to any of the following persons or agencies for purposes directly related with the administration of W.S. 14
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3
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201 through 14
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3
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216:

(h)

No information, including recorded interviews of the child, shall be disclosed to any person in any civil proceeding not related to an abuse or neglect case brought under this article except upon order of the court which shall determine if
good cause exists to disclose the information. Any protective order granting disclosure shall include appropriate protections against further dissemination in any form. The court may conduct an in camera review of a recorded interview prior to issuing a protective order and may impose such conditions as may be
appropriate under the circumstances of the proceeding to prevent further dissemination of the recorded interview.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk