26B-1-507. Reporting to, and review by, legislative committees.
(1) On or before September 1 of each year, the department shall provide a copy of the report described in Subsectionand the response described in Subsectionto the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel and the chairs of: 26B-1-506(1) 26B-1-506(2) the Health and Human Services Interim Committee; and the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel, if the individual who is the subject of the report is a qualified individual described in Subsection,, or. 26B-1-501(7)(c) (d) (h) Only the following information in the report shall be redacted: identifying information of a referent; and the surname and address of an individual that is not described in Subsection. (1)(b)(i)
(2) The Health and Human Services Interim Committee may, in a closed meeting, review a report described in Subsection. 26B-1-506(1) The Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel shall, in a closed meeting, review a report described in Subsection. 26B-1-506(1)
(3) The Health and Human Services Interim Committee and the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel may not interfere with, or make recommendations regarding, the resolution of a particular case. The purpose of a review described in Subsectionis to assist a committee or panel described in Subsectionin determining whether to recommend a change in the law. (2) (2) Any recommendation, described in Subsection, by a committee or panel for a change in the law shall be made in an open meeting. (3)(b)
(4) On or before September 1 of each year, the department shall provide an executive summary of all formal review reports for the preceding state fiscal year to: the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel; the Health and Human Services Interim Committee; and the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel.
(5) The executive summary described in Subsection: (4) may not include any names or identifying information; shall include: all recommendations regarding changes to the law that were made during the preceding fiscal year under Subsection; 26B-1-505(6) all changes made, or in the process of being made, to a law, rule, policy, or procedure in response to a formal review that occurred during the preceding fiscal year; a description of the training that has been completed in response to a formal review that occurred during the preceding fiscal year; statistics for the preceding fiscal year regarding: the number of qualified individuals and the type of deaths and near fatalities that are known to the department; the number of formal reviews conducted; the categories described in Subsectionof qualified individuals; 26B-1-501(7) the gender, age, race, and other significant categories of qualified individuals; and the number of fatalities of qualified individuals known to the department that are identified as suicides; and action taken by the Division of Licensing and Background Checks in response to the near fatality or the death of a qualified individual; and is a public document.
(6) The Division of Child and Family Services shall, to the extent required by the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1988, Pub. L. No. 93-247, as amended, allow public disclosure of the findings or information relating to a case of child abuse or neglect that results in a child fatality or a near fatality.