CERTAIN INFORMATION
House Bill 4718
Sponsor: Rep. Gerald Van Woerkom
House Bill 4719
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Wojno
House Bill 4720
Sponsor: Rep. Martha Scott
Committee: Criminal Law and Corrections
Complete to 8-26-99
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4718 - 4720 AS INTRODUCED 5-19-99
The bills would provide for essentially the same requirements to be inserted into three different acts. Each bill would prohibit certain individuals and/or facilities from releasing certain information about certain minors. If the individuals and/or facilities had received a copy of a personal protection order barring a parent's access to records or other information pertaining to his or her minor child's or the other parent's address or telephone number or the other parent's place of employment, the individuals and/or facilities would be prohibited from releasing or providing that information.
House Bill 4718 would amend the Revised School Code (MCL 380.1137) to prohibit a school district, local act school district, public school academy, or intermediate school district from providing such information.
House Bill 4719 would amend the Mental Health Code (MCL 330.1746 and 330.1747) to prohibit mental health professionals who have mental health records or other mental health care information pertaining to the minor from releasing such information. The bill would also prohibit facilities, licensed facilities, psychiatric hospitals, or centers in which the minor has received health care treatment or services and are holding mental health records or other mental health care information regarding the minor from providing such information.
House Bill 4720 would amend the Public Health Code (MCL 333.16290 and 330.20175a) to prohibit licensees or registrants that treated the minor patient and have medical records or other health care information about the minor from providing the information. The bill would also apply to a health facility or agency that had provided health care treatment or services and has medical records or other health care information regarding the minor.
Analyst: W. Flory