00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 235                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the duty of law enforcement agencies to report missing persons; and                                 
02 relating to missing persons."                                                                                           
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 18.65.620 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
05 (c)  Within 30 days after the first report concerning a missing person was filed                                        
06 with a local or state law enforcement agency, the agency shall submit a missing person                                  
07 report to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System for a missing person                                     
08       whose location has not been determined.                                                                           
09    * Sec. 2. AS 18.65.630(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
10 (a)  When a person files a report of a missing person with a law enforcement                                            
11 agency or with the clearinghouse, a form authorizing the release of medical and dental                                  
12 records to the law enforcement agency, [AND] to the clearinghouse, and to the                                   
13 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System shall be supplied to the family,                                   
14 next of kin, or legal guardian of the missing person. The family, next of kin, or legal                                 

01 guardian of the missing person may complete the release form and deliver the release                                    
02 form to the physician or dentist of the missing person. The physician or dentist who                                    
03 receives a release form signed by the family, next of kin, or legal guardian of the                                     
04 missing person shall release to the law enforcement agency, [AND] the clearinghouse,                            
05 and the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System only that information                                      
06       that is necessary to identify the missing person.                                                                 
07    * Sec. 3. AS 18.65.630(c) is amended to read:                                                                      
08            (c)  Medical and dental records obtained under this section shall be provided to                             
09       the clearinghouse and to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.                                
10    * Sec. 4. AS 18.65.630 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                               
11            (e)  If available, a law enforcement agency shall submit fingerprints,                                       
12       photographs, and voluntary DNA samples from family members of the missing person                                  
13       to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.                                                          
14            (f)  In this section, "DNA" has the meaning given in AS 18.13.100.