S.B. 17 Enrolled

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CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT REGISTRY -
2 MANAGEMENT AND LICENSING
3 INFORMATION SYSTEMS AMENDMENTS
4 2008 GENERAL SESSION
5 STATE OF UTAH
6 Chief Sponsor: Gene Davis
7 House Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper
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9 LONG TITLE
10 General Description:
11 This bill amends provisions of the Utah Human Services Code and the Government
12 Records Access and Management Act relating to the Management Information System
13 maintained by the Department of Human Services.
14 Highlighted Provisions:
15 This bill:
16 . modifies provisions related to access to records in the Management Information
17 System;
18 . provides that proceedings for judicial review of a final agency action relating to a
19 report on the Management Information System are closed to the public;
20 . grants rulemaking authority to the Judicial Council to ensure the confidentiality of
21 the proceedings described above; and
22 . makes technical changes.
23 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
24 None
25 Other Special Clauses:
26 None
27 Utah Code Sections Affected:
28 AMENDS:
29 62A-4a-412, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapters 77 and 281

30 62A-4a-1009, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapter 77
31 63-2-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 201
32 63-2-304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 3
33 78A-6-317, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 3
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35 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
36 Section 1. Section 62A-4a-412 is amended to read:
37 62A-4a-412. Reports and information confidential.
38 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, reports made pursuant to this part, as
39 well as any other information in the possession of the division obtained as the result of a report
40 are private, protected, or controlled records under Title 63, Chapter 2, Government Records
41 Access and Management Act, and may only be made available to:
42 (a) a police or law enforcement agency investigating a report of known or suspected
43 child abuse or neglect;
44 (b) a physician who reasonably believes that a child may be the subject of abuse or
45 neglect;
46 (c) an agency that has responsibility or authority to care for, treat, or supervise a minor
47 who is the subject of a report;
48 (d) a contract provider that has a written contract with the division to render services to
49 a minor who is the subject of a report;
50 (e) [any] except as provided in Subsection 63-2-202 (10), a subject of the report, the
51 natural parents of the child, and the guardian ad litem;
52 (f) a court, upon a finding that access to the records may be necessary for the
53 determination of an issue before the court, provided that in a divorce, custody, or related
54 proceeding between private parties, the record alone is:
55 (i) limited to objective or undisputed facts that were verified at the time of the
56 investigation; and
57 (ii) devoid of conclusions drawn by the division or any of the division's workers on the

58 ultimate issue of whether or not a person's acts or omissions constituted any level of abuse or
59 neglect of another person;
60 (g) an office of the public prosecutor or its deputies in performing an official duty;
61 (h) a person authorized by a Children's Justice Center, for the purposes described in
62 Section 67-5b-102 ;
63 (i) a person engaged in bona fide research, when approved by the director of the
64 division, if the information does not include names and addresses;
65 (j) the State Office of Education, acting on behalf of itself or on behalf of a school
66 district, for the purpose of evaluating whether an individual should be permitted to obtain or
67 retain a license as an educator or serve as an employee or volunteer in a school, limited to
68 information with substantiated findings involving an alleged sexual offense, an alleged felony or
69 class A misdemeanor drug offense, or any alleged offense against the person under Title 76,
70 Chapter 5, Offenses Against the Person, and with the understanding that the office must provide
71 the subject of a report received under Subsection (1)(k) with an opportunity to respond to the
72 report before making a decision concerning licensure or employment;
73 (k) any person identified in the report as a perpetrator or possible perpetrator of child
74 abuse or neglect, after being advised of the screening prohibition in Subsection (2);
75 (l) except as provided in Subsection 63-2-202 (10), a person filing a petition for a child
76 protective order on behalf of a child who is the subject of the report; and
77 (m) a licensed child-placing agency or person who is performing a preplacement
78 adoptive evaluation in accordance with the requirements of Section 78-30-3.5 .
79 (2) (a) A person, unless listed in Subsection (1), may not request another person to
80 obtain or release a report or any other information in the possession of the division obtained as a
81 result of the report that is available under Subsection (1)(k) to screen for potential perpetrators
82 of child abuse or neglect.
83 (b) A person who requests information knowing that it is a violation of Subsection
84 (2)(a) to do so is subject to the criminal penalty in Subsection (4).
85 (3) (a) Except as provided in Section 62A-4a-1007 and Subsection (3)(b), the division

86 and law enforcement officials shall ensure the anonymity of the person or persons making the
87 initial report and any others involved in its subsequent investigation.
88 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding Section 78-3a-314 , but
89 including this chapter and Title 63, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management
90 Act, when the division makes a report or other information in its possession available under
91 Subsection (1)(e) to a subject of the report or a parent of a child, the division shall remove from
92 the report or other information only the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of individuals
93 or specific information that could:
94 (i) identify the referent;
95 (ii) impede a criminal investigation; or
96 (iii) endanger a person's safety.
97 (4) Any person who wilfully permits, or aides and abets the release of data or
98 information obtained as a result of this part, in the possession of the division or contained on
99 any part of the Management Information System, in violation of this part or Sections
100 62A-4a-1003 through 62A-4a-1007 , is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
101 (5) The physician-patient privilege is not a ground for excluding evidence regarding a
102 child's injuries or the cause of those injuries, in any proceeding resulting from a report made in
103 good faith pursuant to this part.
104 (6) A child-placing agency or person who receives a report in connection with a
105 preplacement adoptive evaluation pursuant to Section 78-30-3.5 :
106 (a) may provide this report to the person who is the subject of the report; and
107 (b) may provide this report to a person who is performing a preplacement adoptive
108 evaluation in accordance with the requirement of Section 78-30-3.5 , or to a licensed
109 child-placing agency or to an attorney seeking to facilitate an adoption.
110 Section 2. Section 62A-4a-1009 is amended to read:
111 62A-4a-1009. Notice and opportunity to challenge supported finding in
112 Management Information System -- Right of judicial review.
113 (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the division shall send a notice of agency

114 action to a person with respect to whom the division makes a supported finding. In addition, if
115 the alleged perpetrator is under the age of 18, the division shall:
116 (i) make reasonable efforts to identify the alleged perpetrator's parent or guardian; and
117 (ii) send a notice to each parent or guardian identified under Subsection (1)(a)(i) that
118 lives at a different address, unless there is good cause, as defined by rule, for not sending a
119 notice to a parent or guardian.
120 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed as affecting:
121 (i) the manner in which the division conducts an investigation; or
122 (ii) the use or effect, in any other setting, of a supported finding by the division at the
123 completion of an investigation for any purpose other than for notification under Subsection (1)
124 (a).
125 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who has been served with notice under
126 Subsection 62A-4a-1005 (1)(a).
127 (3) The notice described in Subsection (1) shall state:
128 (a) that the division has conducted an investigation regarding alleged child abuse,
129 neglect, or dependency;
130 (b) that the division has made a supported finding of abuse, neglect, or dependency;
131 (c) that facts gathered by the division support the supported finding;
132 (d) that the person has the right to request:
133 (i) a copy of the report; and
134 (ii) an opportunity to challenge the supported finding by the division; and
135 (e) that failure to request an opportunity to challenge the supported finding within 30
136 days of receiving the notice will result in an unappealable supported finding of child abuse,
137 neglect, or dependency unless the person can show good cause for why compliance within the
138 30-day requirement was virtually impossible or unreasonably burdensome.
139 (4) (a) A person may make a request to challenge a supported finding within 30 days of
140 a notice being received under this section.
141 (b) Upon receipt of a request under Subsection (4)(a), the Office of Administrative

142 Hearings shall hold an adjudicative proceeding pursuant to Title 63, Chapter 46b,
143 Administrative Procedures Act.
144 (5) (a) In an adjudicative proceeding held pursuant to this section, the division shall
145 have the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that child abuse, neglect, or
146 dependency occurred and that the alleged perpetrator was substantially responsible for the abuse
147 or neglect that occurred.
148 (b) Any party shall have the right of judicial review of final agency action, in accordance
149 with Title 63, Chapter 46b, Administrative Procedures Act.
150 (c) Proceedings for judicial review of a final agency action under this section shall be
151 closed to the public.
152 (d) The Judicial Council shall make rules that ensure the confidentiality of the
153 proceedings described in Subsection (5)(c) and the records related to the proceedings.
154 (6) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an alleged perpetrator who, after
155 receiving notice, fails to challenge a supported finding in accordance with this section:
156 (a) may not further challenge the finding; and
157 (b) shall have no right to:
158 (i) agency review of the finding;
159 (ii) an adjudicative hearing on the finding; or
160 (iii) judicial review of the finding.
161 (7) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (7)(b), an alleged perpetrator may not make a
162 request under Subsection (4) to challenge a supported finding if a court of competent
163 jurisdiction entered a finding, in a proceeding in which the alleged perpetrator was a party, that
164 the alleged perpetrator is substantially responsible for the abuse, neglect, or dependency which
165 was also the subject of the supported finding.
166 (b) Subsection (7)(a) does not apply to pleas in abeyance or diversion agreements.
167 (c) An adjudicative proceeding under Subsection (5) may be stayed during the time a
168 judicial action on the same matter is pending.
169 (8) Pursuant to Section 78-3a-320 , an adjudicative proceeding on a supported finding

170 of a type of abuse or neglect that does not constitute a severe type of child abuse or neglect may
171 be joined in the juvenile court with an adjudicative proceeding on a supported finding of a
172 severe type of child abuse or neglect.
173 Section 3. Section 63-2-202 is amended to read:
174 63-2-202. Access to private, controlled, and protected documents.
175 (1) Upon request, a governmental entity shall disclose a private record to:
176 (a) the subject of the record;
177 (b) the parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated minor who is the subject of the
178 record;
179 (c) the legal guardian of a legally incapacitated individual who is the subject of the
180 record;
181 (d) any other individual who:
182 (i) has a power of attorney from the subject of the record;
183 (ii) submits a notarized release from the subject of the record or his legal representative
184 dated no more than 90 days before the date the request is made; or
185 (iii) if the record is a medical record described in Subsection 63-2-302 (1)(b), is a health
186 care provider, as defined in Section 26-33a-102 , if releasing the record or information in the
187 record is consistent with normal professional practice and medical ethics; or
188 (e) any person to whom the record must be provided pursuant to:
189 (i) court order as provided in Subsection (7); or
190 (ii) a legislative subpoena as provided in Title 36, Chapter 14.
191 (2) (a) Upon request, a governmental entity shall disclose a controlled record to:
192 (i) a physician, psychologist, certified social worker, insurance provider or producer, or
193 a government public health agency upon submission of:
194 (A) a release from the subject of the record that is dated no more than 90 days prior to
195 the date the request is made; and
196 (B) a signed acknowledgment of the terms of disclosure of controlled information as
197 provided by Subsection (2)(b); and

198 (ii) any person to whom the record must be disclosed pursuant to:
199 (A) a court order as provided in Subsection (7); or
200 (B) a legislative subpoena as provided in Title 36, Chapter 14.
201 (b) A person who receives a record from a governmental entity in accordance with
202 Subsection (2)(a)(i) may not disclose controlled information from that record to any person,
203 including the subject of the record.
204 (3) If there is more than one subject of a private or controlled record, the portion of the
205 record that pertains to another subject shall be segregated from the portion that the requester is
206 entitled to inspect.
207 (4) Upon request, and except as provided in Subsection (10), a governmental entity
208 shall disclose a protected record to:
209 (a) the person who submitted the record;
210 (b) any other individual who:
211 (i) has a power of attorney from all persons, governmental entities, or political
212 subdivisions whose interests were sought to be protected by the protected classification; or
213 (ii) submits a notarized release from all persons, governmental entities, or political
214 subdivisions whose interests were sought to be protected by the protected classification or from
215 their legal representatives dated no more than 90 days prior to the date the request is made;
216 (c) any person to whom the record must be provided pursuant to:
217 (i) a court order as provided in Subsection (7); or
218 (ii) a legislative subpoena as provided in Title 36, Chapter 14; or
219 (d) the owner of a mobile home park, subject to the conditions of Subsection
220 41-1a-116 (5).
221 (5) A governmental entity may disclose a private, controlled, or protected record to
222 another governmental entity, political subdivision, another state, the United States, or a foreign
223 government only as provided by Section 63-2-206 .
224 (6) Before releasing a private, controlled, or protected record, the governmental entity
225 shall obtain evidence of the requester's identity.

226 (7) A governmental entity shall disclose a record pursuant to the terms of a court order
227 signed by a judge from a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that:
228 (a) the record deals with a matter in controversy over which the court has jurisdiction;
229 (b) the court has considered the merits of the request for access to the record; and
230 (c) the court has considered and, where appropriate, limited the requester's use and
231 further disclosure of the record in order to protect:
232 (i) privacy interests in the case of private or controlled records;
233 (ii) business confidentiality interests in the case of records protected under Subsection
234 63-2-304 (1), (2), (40)(a)(ii), or (40)(a)(vi); and
235 (iii) privacy interests or the public interest in the case of other protected records;
236 (d) to the extent the record is properly classified private, controlled, or protected, the
237 interests favoring access, considering limitations thereon, outweigh the interests favoring
238 restriction of access; and
239 (e) where access is restricted by a rule, statute, or regulation referred to in Subsection
240 63-2-201 (3)(b), the court has authority independent of this chapter to order disclosure.
241 (8) (a) A governmental entity may disclose or authorize disclosure of private or
242 controlled records for research purposes if the governmental entity:
243 (i) determines that the research purpose cannot reasonably be accomplished without use
244 or disclosure of the information to the researcher in individually identifiable form;
245 (ii) determines that:
246 (A) the proposed research is bona fide; and
247 (B) the value of the research outweighs the infringement upon personal privacy;
248 (iii) (A) requires the researcher to assure the integrity, confidentiality, and security of
249 the records; and
250 (B) requires the removal or destruction of the individual identifiers associated with the
251 records as soon as the purpose of the research project has been accomplished;
252 (iv) prohibits the researcher from:
253 (A) disclosing the record in individually identifiable form, except as provided in

254 Subsection (8)(b); or
255 (B) using the record for purposes other than the research approved by the governmental
256 entity; and
257 (v) secures from the researcher a written statement of the researcher's understanding of
258 and agreement to the conditions of this Subsection (8) and the researcher's understanding that
259 violation of the terms of this Subsection (8) may subject the researcher to criminal prosecution
260 under Section 63-2-801 .
261 (b) A researcher may disclose a record in individually identifiable form if the record is
262 disclosed for the purpose of auditing or evaluating the research program and no subsequent use
263 or disclosure of the record in individually identifiable form will be made by the auditor or
264 evaluator except as provided by this section.
265 (c) A governmental entity may require indemnification as a condition of permitting
266 research under this Subsection (8).
267 (9) (a) Under Subsections 63-2-201 (5)(b) and 63-2-401 (6), a governmental entity may
268 disclose to persons other than those specified in this section records that are:
269 (i) private under Section 63-2-302 ; or
270 (ii) protected under Section 63-2-304 subject to Section 63-2-308 if a claim for
271 business confidentiality has been made under Section 63-2-308 .
272 (b) Under Subsection 63-2-403 (11)(b), the records committee may require the
273 disclosure to persons other than those specified in this section of records that are:
274 (i) private under Section 63-2-302 ;
275 (ii) controlled under Section 63-2-303 ; or
276 (iii) protected under Section 63-2-304 subject to Section 63-2-308 if a claim for
277 business confidentiality has been made under Section 63-2-308 .
278 (c) Under Subsection 63-2-404 (8), the court may require the disclosure of records that
279 are private under Section 63-2-302 , controlled under Section 63-2-303 , or protected under
280 Section 63-2-304 to persons other than those specified in this section.
281 (10) A record contained in the Management Information System, created in Section

282 62A-4a-1003 , that is found to be unsubstantiated, unsupported, or without merit may not be
283 disclosed to any person except the person who is alleged in the report to be a perpetrator of
284 abuse, neglect, or dependency.
285 Section 4. Section 63-2-304 is amended to read:
286 63-2-304. Protected records.
287 The following records are protected if properly classified by a governmental entity:
288 (1) trade secrets as defined in Section 13-24-2 if the person submitting the trade secret
289 has provided the governmental entity with the information specified in Section 63-2-308 ;
290 (2) commercial information or nonindividual financial information obtained from a
291 person if:
292 (a) disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to result in unfair
293 competitive injury to the person submitting the information or would impair the ability of the
294 governmental entity to obtain necessary information in the future;
295 (b) the person submitting the information has a greater interest in prohibiting access
296 than the public in obtaining access; and
297 (c) the person submitting the information has provided the governmental entity with the
298 information specified in Section 63-2-308 ;
299 (3) commercial or financial information acquired or prepared by a governmental entity
300 to the extent that disclosure would lead to financial speculations in currencies, securities, or
301 commodities that will interfere with a planned transaction by the governmental entity or cause
302 substantial financial injury to the governmental entity or state economy;
303 (4) records the disclosure of which could cause commercial injury to, or confer a
304 competitive advantage upon a potential or actual competitor of, a commercial project entity as
305 defined in Subsection 11-13-103 (4);
306 (5) test questions and answers to be used in future license, certification, registration,
307 employment, or academic examinations;
308 (6) records the disclosure of which would impair governmental procurement
309 proceedings or give an unfair advantage to any person proposing to enter into a contract or

310 agreement with a governmental entity, except that this Subsection (6) does not restrict the right
311 of a person to see bids submitted to or by a governmental entity after bidding has closed;
312 (7) records that would identify real property or the appraisal or estimated value of real
313 or personal property, including intellectual property, under consideration for public acquisition
314 before any rights to the property are acquired unless:
315 (a) public interest in obtaining access to the information outweighs the governmental
316 entity's need to acquire the property on the best terms possible;
317 (b) the information has already been disclosed to persons not employed by or under a
318 duty of confidentiality to the entity;
319 (c) in the case of records that would identify property, potential sellers of the described
320 property have already learned of the governmental entity's plans to acquire the property;
321 (d) in the case of records that would identify the appraisal or estimated value of
322 property, the potential sellers have already learned of the governmental entity's estimated value
323 of the property; or
324 (e) the property under consideration for public acquisition is a single family residence
325 and the governmental entity seeking to acquire the property has initiated negotiations to acquire
326 the property as required under Section 78B-6-505 ;
327 (8) records prepared in contemplation of sale, exchange, lease, rental, or other
328 compensated transaction of real or personal property including intellectual property, which, if
329 disclosed prior to completion of the transaction, would reveal the appraisal or estimated value
330 of the subject property, unless:
331 (a) the public interest in access outweighs the interests in restricting access, including
332 the governmental entity's interest in maximizing the financial benefit of the transaction; or
333 (b) when prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity, appraisals or estimates of
334 the value of the subject property have already been disclosed to persons not employed by or
335 under a duty of confidentiality to the entity;
336 (9) records created or maintained for civil, criminal, or administrative enforcement
337 purposes or audit purposes, or for discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes, if

338 release of the records:
339 (a) reasonably could be expected to interfere with investigations undertaken for
340 enforcement, discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes;
341 (b) reasonably could be expected to interfere with audits, disciplinary, or enforcement
342 proceedings;
343 (c) would create a danger of depriving a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial
344 hearing;
345 (d) reasonably could be expected to disclose the identity of a source who is not
346 generally known outside of government and, in the case of a record compiled in the course of an
347 investigation, disclose information furnished by a source not generally known outside of
348 government if disclosure would compromise the source; or
349 (e) reasonably could be expected to disclose investigative or audit techniques,
350 procedures, policies, or orders not generally known outside of government if disclosure would
351 interfere with enforcement or audit efforts;
352 (10) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the life or safety of an individual;
353 (11) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the security of governmental
354 property, governmental programs, or governmental recordkeeping systems from damage, theft,
355 or other appropriation or use contrary to law or public policy;
356 (12) records that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the security or safety of a correctional
357 facility, or records relating to incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole, that would interfere
358 with the control and supervision of an offender's incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole;
359 (13) records that, if disclosed, would reveal recommendations made to the Board of
360 Pardons and Parole by an employee of or contractor for the Department of Corrections, the
361 Board of Pardons and Parole, or the Department of Human Services that are based on the
362 employee's or contractor's supervision, diagnosis, or treatment of any person within the board's
363 jurisdiction;
364 (14) records and audit workpapers that identify audit, collection, and operational
365 procedures and methods used by the State Tax Commission, if disclosure would interfere with

366 audits or collections;
367 (15) records of a governmental audit agency relating to an ongoing or planned audit
368 until the final audit is released;
369 (16) records prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity solely in anticipation of
370 litigation that are not available under the rules of discovery;
371 (17) records disclosing an attorney's work product, including the mental impressions or
372 legal theories of an attorney or other representative of a governmental entity concerning
373 litigation;
374 (18) records of communications between a governmental entity and an attorney
375 representing, retained, or employed by the governmental entity if the communications would be
376 privileged as provided in Section 78B-1-137 ;
377 (19) (a) (i) personal files of a state legislator, including personal correspondence to or
378 from a member of the Legislature; and
379 (ii) notwithstanding Subsection (19)(a)(i), correspondence that gives notice of
380 legislative action or policy may not be classified as protected under this section; and
381 (b) (i) an internal communication that is part of the deliberative process in connection
382 with the preparation of legislation between:
383 (A) members of a legislative body;
384 (B) a member of a legislative body and a member of the legislative body's staff; or
385 (C) members of a legislative body's staff; and
386 (ii) notwithstanding Subsection (19)(b)(i), a communication that gives notice of
387 legislative action or policy may not be classified as protected under this section;
388 (20) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Research and
389 General Counsel, that, if disclosed, would reveal a particular legislator's contemplated
390 legislation or contemplated course of action before the legislator has elected to support the
391 legislation or course of action, or made the legislation or course of action public; and
392 (b) notwithstanding Subsection (20)(a), the form to request legislation submitted to the
393 Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel is a public document unless a legislator asks

394 that the records requesting the legislation be maintained as protected records until such time as
395 the legislator elects to make the legislation or course of action public;
396 (21) research requests from legislators to the Office of Legislative Research and
397 General Counsel or the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and research findings prepared in
398 response to these requests;
399 (22) drafts, unless otherwise classified as public;
400 (23) records concerning a governmental entity's strategy about collective bargaining or
401 pending litigation;
402 (24) records of investigations of loss occurrences and analyses of loss occurrences that
403 may be covered by the Risk Management Fund, the Employers' Reinsurance Fund, the
404 Uninsured Employers' Fund, or similar divisions in other governmental entities;
405 (25) records, other than personnel evaluations, that contain a personal recommendation
406 concerning an individual if disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
407 personal privacy, or disclosure is not in the public interest;
408 (26) records that reveal the location of historic, prehistoric, paleontological, or
409 biological resources that if known would jeopardize the security of those resources or of
410 valuable historic, scientific, educational, or cultural information;
411 (27) records of independent state agencies if the disclosure of the records would
412 conflict with the fiduciary obligations of the agency;
413 (28) records of an institution within the state system of higher education defined in
414 Section 53B-1-102 regarding tenure evaluations, appointments, applications for admissions,
415 retention decisions, and promotions, which could be properly discussed in a meeting closed in
416 accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, provided that records of
417 the final decisions about tenure, appointments, retention, promotions, or those students
418 admitted, may not be classified as protected under this section;
419 (29) records of the governor's office, including budget recommendations, legislative
420 proposals, and policy statements, that if disclosed would reveal the governor's contemplated
421 policies or contemplated courses of action before the governor has implemented or rejected

422 those policies or courses of action or made them public;
423 (30) records of the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst relating to budget analysis,
424 revenue estimates, and fiscal notes of proposed legislation before issuance of the final
425 recommendations in these areas;
426 (31) records provided by the United States or by a government entity outside the state
427 that are given to the governmental entity with a requirement that they be managed as protected
428 records if the providing entity certifies that the record would not be subject to public disclosure
429 if retained by it;
430 (32) transcripts, minutes, or reports of the closed portion of a meeting of a public body
431 except as provided in Section 52-4-206 ;
432 (33) records that would reveal the contents of settlement negotiations but not including
433 final settlements or empirical data to the extent that they are not otherwise exempt from
434 disclosure;
435 (34) memoranda prepared by staff and used in the decision-making process by an
436 administrative law judge, a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole, or a member of any
437 other body charged by law with performing a quasi-judicial function;
438 (35) records that would reveal negotiations regarding assistance or incentives offered
439 by or requested from a governmental entity for the purpose of encouraging a person to expand
440 or locate a business in Utah, but only if disclosure would result in actual economic harm to the
441 person or place the governmental entity at a competitive disadvantage, but this section may not
442 be used to restrict access to a record evidencing a final contract;
443 (36) materials to which access must be limited for purposes of securing or maintaining
444 the governmental entity's proprietary protection of intellectual property rights including patents,
445 copyrights, and trade secrets;
446 (37) the name of a donor or a prospective donor to a governmental entity, including an
447 institution within the state system of higher education defined in Section 53B-1-102 , and other
448 information concerning the donation that could reasonably be expected to reveal the identity of
449 the donor, provided that:

450 (a) the donor requests anonymity in writing;
451 (b) any terms, conditions, restrictions, or privileges relating to the donation may not be
452 classified protected by the governmental entity under this Subsection (37); and
453 (c) except for an institution within the state system of higher education defined in
454 Section 53B-1-102 , the governmental unit to which the donation is made is primarily engaged in
455 educational, charitable, or artistic endeavors, and has no regulatory or legislative authority over
456 the donor, a member of the donor's immediate family, or any entity owned or controlled by the
457 donor or the donor's immediate family;
458 (38) accident reports, except as provided in Sections 41-6a-404 , 41-12a-202 , and
459 73-18-13 ;
460 (39) a notification of workers' compensation insurance coverage described in Section
461 34A-2-205 ;
462 (40) (a) the following records of an institution within the state system of higher
463 education defined in Section 53B-1-102 , which have been developed, discovered, disclosed to,
464 or received by or on behalf of faculty, staff, employees, or students of the institution:
465 (i) unpublished lecture notes;
466 (ii) unpublished notes, data, and information:
467 (A) relating to research; and
468 (B) of:
469 (I) the institution within the state system of higher education defined in Section
470 53B-1-102 ; or
471 (II) a sponsor of sponsored research;
472 (iii) unpublished manuscripts;
473 (iv) creative works in process;
474 (v) scholarly correspondence; and
475 (vi) confidential information contained in research proposals;
476 (b) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to prohibit disclosure of public information
477 required pursuant to Subsection 53B-16-302 (2)(a) or (b); and

478 (c) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to affect the ownership of a record;
479 (41) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General
480 that would reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit prior to the
481 date that audit is completed and made public; and
482 (b) notwithstanding Subsection (41)(a), a request for a legislative audit submitted to the
483 Office of the Legislative Auditor General is a public document unless the legislator asks that the
484 records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General that would reveal
485 the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit be maintained as protected
486 records until the audit is completed and made public;
487 (42) records that provide detail as to the location of an explosive, including a map or
488 other document that indicates the location of:
489 (a) a production facility; or
490 (b) a magazine;
491 (43) information contained in the database described in Section 62A-3-311.1 ;
492 (44) information contained in the Management Information System and Licensing
493 Information System described in Title 62A, Chapter 4a, Child and Family Services;
494 (45) information regarding National Guard operations or activities in support of the
495 National Guard's federal mission;
496 (46) records provided by any pawn or secondhand business to a law enforcement
497 agency or to the central database in compliance with Title 13, Chapter 32a, Pawnshop and
498 Secondhand Merchandise Transaction Information Act;
499 (47) information regarding food security, risk, and vulnerability assessments performed
500 by the Department of Agriculture and Food;
501 (48) except to the extent that the record is exempt from this chapter pursuant to
502 Section 63-2-106 , records related to an emergency plan or program prepared or maintained by
503 the Division of Homeland Security the disclosure of which would jeopardize:
504 (a) the safety of the general public; or
505 (b) the security of:

506 (i) governmental property;
507 (ii) governmental programs; or
508 (iii) the property of a private person who provides the Division of Homeland Security
509 information;
510 (49) records of the Department of Agriculture and Food relating to the National Animal
511 Identification System or any other program that provides for the identification, tracing, or
512 control of livestock diseases, including any program established under Title 4, Chapter 24, Utah
513 Livestock Brand and Anti-theft Act or Title 4, Chapter 31, Livestock Inspection and
514 Quarantine;
515 (50) as provided in Section 26-39-109 :
516 (a) information or records held by the Department of Health related to a complaint
517 regarding a child care program or residential child care which the department is unable to
518 substantiate; and
519 (b) information or records related to a complaint received by the Department of Health
520 from an anonymous complainant regarding a child care program or residential child care; [and]
521 (51) unless otherwise classified as public under Section 63-2-301 and except as
522 provided under Section 41-1a-116 , an individual's home address, home telephone number, or
523 personal mobile phone number, if:
524 (a) the individual is required to provide the information in order to comply with a law,
525 ordinance, rule, or order of a government entity; and
526 (b) the subject of the record has a reasonable expectation that this information will be
527 kept confidential due to:
528 (i) the nature of the law, ordinance, rule, or order; and
529 (ii) the individual complying with the law, ordinance, rule, or order[.]; and
530 (52) records contained in the Management Information System, created in Section
531 62A-4a-1003 .
532 Section 5. Section 78A-6-317 is amended to read:
533 78A-6-317. All proceedings -- Persons entitled to be present.

534 (1) A child who is the subject of a juvenile court hearing, any person entitled to notice
535 pursuant to Section 78A-6-306 or 78A-6-310 , preadoptive parents, foster parents, and any
536 relative providing care for the child, are:
537 (a) entitled to notice of, and to be present at, each hearing and proceeding held under
538 this part, including administrative and citizen reviews; and
539 (b) have a right to be heard at each hearing and proceeding described in Subsection
540 (1)(a).
541 (2) A child shall be represented at each hearing by the guardian ad litem appointed to
542 the child's case by the court. The child has a right to be present at each hearing, subject to the
543 discretion of the guardian ad litem or the court regarding any possible detriment to the child.
544 (3) (a) The parent or guardian of a child who is the subject of a petition under this part
545 has the right to be represented by counsel, and to present evidence, at each hearing.
546 (b) When it appears to the court that a parent or guardian of the child desires counsel
547 but is financially unable to afford and cannot for that reason employ counsel, and the child has
548 been placed in out-of-home care, or the petitioner is recommending that the child be placed in
549 out-of-home care, the court shall appoint counsel.
550 (4) In every abuse, neglect, or dependency proceeding under this chapter, the court
551 shall order that the child be represented by a guardian ad litem, in accordance with Section
552 78A-6-902 . The guardian ad litem shall represent the best interest of the child, in accordance
553 with the requirements of that section, at the shelter hearing and at all subsequent court and
554 administrative proceedings, including any proceeding for termination of parental rights in
555 accordance with Part 5, Termination of Parental Rights Act.
556 (5) [Notwithstanding] (a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b), and
557 notwithstanding any other provision of law[,]:
558 (i) counsel for all parties to the action shall be given access to all records, maintained by
559 the division or any other state or local public agency, that are relevant to the abuse, neglect, or
560 dependency proceeding under this chapter[. If]; and
561 (ii) if the natural parent of a child is representing himself, the natural parent shall have

562 access to [those records. The above disclosures] the records described in Subsection (5)(a)(i).
563 (b) The disclosures described in Subsection (5)(a) are not required in the following
564 circumstances:
565 [(a) The] (i) subject to Subsection (5)(c), the division or other state or local public
566 agency did not originally create the record being requested[. In those circumstances, the person
567 making the request under this section shall be informed of the following:];
568 [(i) the existence of all records in the possession of the division or any other state or
569 local public agency;]
570 [(ii) the name and address of the person or agency that originally created the record;
571 and]
572 [(iii) that the person must seek access to the record from the person or agency that
573 originally created the record.]
574 [(b)] (ii) disclosure of the record would jeopardize the life or physical safety of a child
575 who has been a victim of child abuse or neglect, or any person who provided substitute care for
576 the child[.];
577 [(c)] (iii) disclosure of the record would jeopardize the anonymity of the person or
578 persons making the initial report of abuse or neglect or any others involved in the subsequent
579 investigation[.];
580 [(d)] (iv) disclosure of the record would jeopardize the life or physical safety of a
581 person who has been a victim of domestic violence[.]; or
582 (v) the record is a report maintained in the Management Information System, for which
583 a finding of unsubstantiated, unsupported, or without merit has been made, unless the person
584 requesting the information is the alleged perpetrator in the report or counsel for the alleged
585 perpetrator in the report.
586 (c) If a disclosure is denied under Subsection (5)(b)(i), the division shall inform the
587 person making the request of the following:
588 (i) the existence of all records in the possession of the division or any other state or
589 local public agency;

590 (ii) the name and address of the person or agency that originally created the record; and
591 (iii) that the person must seek access to the record from the person or agency that
592 originally created the record.
593 (6) (a) The appropriate foster care citizen review board shall be given access to all
594 records, maintained by the division or any other state or local public agency, that are relevant to
595 an abuse, neglect, or dependency proceeding under this chapter.
596 (b) Representatives of the appropriate foster care citizen review board are entitled to be
597 present at each hearing held under this part, but notice is not required to be provided.