The disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to a county department of human services or social services for purposes of providing intake and depositional services. (FE)

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill permits disclosure of the electronic records of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under the Children's Code and the Juvenile Justice Code (juvenile court) to a county department of human services or social services (county department) for purposes of providing child welfare or juvenile justice intake or dispositional services.

Under current law, the director of state courts has established an automated information system, known as the Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP), that contains information about cases filed in the circuit courts in this state, including cases filed in the juvenile courts. Records of the juvenile court, however, are confidential and may not be opened to inspection, nor may their contents be disclosed, except by an order of the juvenile court or under certain statutory exceptions, including an exception that requires a juvenile court to make information relating to a proceeding under the Children's Code or the Juvenile Justice Code that is contained in the electronic records of the juvenile court available to the Department of Children and Families, which may use or allow access to that information only for the purposes of providing child welfare or juvenile justice intake or dispositional services. Current law permits the director of state courts to use CCAP to make that information available.

Who's behind it

13 lawmakers are its authors⁠. 12 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

3 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From CTS
• Fiscal Estimate From DCF