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SENATE BILL NO. 1308 – Children/certn records/address del

SENATE BILL NO. 1308

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S1308................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
CHILDREN - RECORDS - Amends existing law to provide that a minor child's
address shall be deleted from the child's medical, dental, health, school
or educational records upon the written request of the custodial parent.

01/20    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/21    Rpt prt - to Jud
02/09    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/10    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/17    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Stennett, Sweeney,
      Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Sorensen
    Floor Sponsor - Boatright
    Title apvd - to House
02/18    House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/12    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/13    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16    3rd rdg - PASSED - 60-4-6
      AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens, Black(15),
      Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crane,
      Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner,
      Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Henbest, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22),
      Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake,
      Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Miller,
      Mortensen, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison,
      Stevenson, Stone, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler,
      Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- Hornbeck, Sali, Schaefer, Stoicheff
      Absent and excused -- Alltus, Hansen, Newcomb, Stubbs, Taylor, Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Tippets
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/16    To enrol
03/18    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/19    Sp signed - to Governor
03/20    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 151
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text


S1308


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1308

                             BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO A NONCUSTODIAL PARENT'S ACCESS TO A CHILD'S RECORDS; AMENDING SEC-
 3        TION 32-717A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT A MINOR CHILD'S ADDRESS SHALL BE
 4        DELETED FROM THE CHILD'S MEDICAL, DENTAL, HEALTH,  SCHOOL  OR  EDUCATIONAL
 5        RECORDS UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF THE CUSTODIAL PARENT.

 6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 7        SECTION  1.  That  Section 32-717A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 8    amended to read as follows:

 9        32-717A.  PARENTS' ACCESS TO RECORDS AND INFORMATION. Notwithstanding  any
10    other  provisions  of  law,  access to records and information pertaining to a
11    minor child including, but not limited to, medical, dental, health, and school
12    or educational records, shall not be denied to a parent because the parent  is
13    not  the  child's  custodial parent.  However, information concerning the
14    minor child's address shall be deleted from such records to a parent,  if  the
15    custodial parent has advised the records custodian in writing to do so. 

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                           STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                                 RS07495
    
    This bill is one of a series of bills that the Justices 
    of the Supreme Court transmitted to the Governor in their 
    annual "defects in the laws" report under Art. 5, Sec. 25 of 
    the Idaho Constitution.    
    
    Idaho Code ยง32-717A provides that "notwithstanding any 
    other provisions of law" a noncustodial parent shall have 
    access to a child's medical, dental, health, and school 
    records. This language allows a noncustodial parent who has 
    committed spousal abuse to learn the location of the other 
    spouse simply by having access to the child's school or 
    medical records.
    
    This bill amends this statute by providing that the 
    miner child's address shall be deleted from these records if 
    requested in writing by the custodial parent.
    
                               FISCAL NOTE
    
    This bill will not have an impact on state or local 
    funds.
    
    Contact Person: Patricia Tobias
    Administrative director of the Courts Idaho Supreme Court
    (208) 334-2246
    
    
    Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note               S 1308