SB 208

Abstract

Juveniles; confidentiality of Department records;law-enforcement access; victim notification. Provides access to confidential Department of Juvenile Justice records to (i) any full-timeor part-time employee of the Department of State Police or of a policedepartment or sheriff's office that is a part of or administeredby the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof and whois responsible for the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or motorvehicle laws of the Commonwealth having a need for juvenile offensehistory or identifying information of a juvenile and his family members,including juvenile names, parent or guardian names, addresses, datesof birth, photographs, and phone numbers, and (ii) with the exceptionof medical, psychiatric, and psychological records and reports, any victim, as defined in existing law, when release of the confidentialinformation is only to notify such victim of a juvenile's releasefrom the custody of a local or regional juvenile detention center,community group home, residential care facility, mental health facility,secure alternative placement, or commitment to the Department ofJuvenile Justice for any offense such juvenile committed against suchvictim. This bill contains technical amendments.