2022-04-04                     House Journal                      Page 2288
Amendment No. 5 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 14, through page 2, line 1:                                                                                        
     Delete "a designated authority at the duty station where the                                                               
member is assigned"                                                                                                             
     Insert "the member of the armed forces"                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete "A designated authority that receives information under                                                             
this subsection may not disclose the information to a person who is not                                                         
authorized by law to receive it. In this subsection, "designated                                                                
authority" means a person designated by the armed forces of the                                                                 
United States to receive notification of reports of harm."                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
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     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
"* Sec. 3. AS 47.17.040(b) is amended to read:                                                                                
         (b)  Investigation reports and reports of harm filed under this                                                        
     chapter are considered confidential and are not subject to public                                                          
     inspection and copying under AS 40.25.110 and 40.25.120.                                                                   
     However, in accordance with department regulations,                                                                        
     investigation reports, including substantiated findings under                                                              
     AS 47.10 or AS 47.17, may be used by appropriate governmental                                                              
     agencies with child-protection functions, inside and outside the                                                           
     state, in connection with investigations or judicial proceedings                                                           
     involving child abuse, neglect, or custody and in conjunction with                                                         
     licensing action under AS 47.32 or a similar statute in another                                                            
     state. Nothing in this section prohibits the department from                                                           
     notifying a member of the armed forces of the United States                                                            
     under AS 47.17.030(h) for whom the department has received                                                             
     a report of harm concerning the member's child. A person not                                                           
     acting in accordance with department regulations who, with                                                                 
     criminal negligence, makes public information contained in                                                                 
     confidential reports is guilty of a class B misdemeanor."                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Hopkins objected.