00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 297(HSS)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Health and Social Services; relating                                
02 to child protection; and relating to children of active duty military members."                                         
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 47.10.093(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
05 (a)  Except as permitted in AS 47.10.092, (b) - (g) and (i) - (l) of this section,                                      
06 and AS 47.17.030(g) and (h), all information and social records pertaining to a child                                 
07 who is subject to this chapter or AS 47.17 prepared by or in the possession of a                                        
08 federal, state, or municipal agency or employee in the discharge of the agency's or                                     
09 employee's official duty are privileged and may not be disclosed directly or indirectly                                 
10       to anyone without a court order.                                                                                  
11    * Sec. 2. AS 47.17.030 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                                
12 (h)  If a report of harm concerns a child of a member of the armed forces of the                                        
13 United States who is on active duty, the department shall, within seven days of                                         
14 receiving the report of harm, notify a designated authority at the duty station where the                               
01 member is assigned that the department has received a report of harm concerning the                                     
02 child. A designated authority that receives information under this subsection may not                                   
03 disclose the information to a person who is not authorized by law to receive it. In this                                
04 subsection, "designated authority" means a person designated by the armed forces of                                     
05       the United States to receive notification of reports of harm.