ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session
	Senate: HHS DP 8-0-0-0 | 3^rd Read 29-0-1-0

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SB 1225: DCS; legislator briefings; staff member

Sponsor:  Senator Kerr, LD 13

Committee on Health & Human Services

Overview

Permits a legislative staff member to attend meetings to review an Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) case file with a legislator.

History

To provide oversight of DCS, DCS must provide access to case file information to specified persons, if the information is reasonably necessary for the person to perform their duties, including a legislative committee conducting investigations related to the legislative oversight of DCS and a legislator who requests DCS information in the course of their duties.

To request case information, the legislator must submit a written request for DCS information to the presiding officer of the body of which the legislator is a member. The request must state the name of the person whose case file is to be reviewed and any other information that will assist DCS in locating the file. The presiding officer must forward the request to DCS within five working days of the receipt of the request and DCS must make necessary arrangements for the legislator to review the file at a DCS office, chosen by the legislator, within 10 working days. Before reviewing the file, a legislator must sign a form that outlines the confidentiality laws governing DCS files and penalties for further release of the information (A.R.S. § 8-807).

Provisions

1. Allows a legislator's presiding officer to authorize a legislative staff member to attend with the legislator any meeting to review a DCS case file. (Sec. 1)

2. Requires the staff member to sign a specified form. (Sec. 1)

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