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Committee reviews amendment clarifying access to child-victim records, counsel attendance and recordings
Summary
Members discussed an amendment to clarify when parents or legal custodians may access child-victim records, limits tied to criminal investigations, redaction authority, attendance by legal counsel, and recording safeguards; a subcommittee was appointed for further work and no final vote was taken.
At a meeting of the Children and Senior Advocacy Committee, members debated an amendment intended to clarify who may access records in investigations involving child victims and how legal counsel and recording of interviews should be handled.
The amendment would affirm that parents or legal custodians generally may access records but carve out exceptions tied to active criminal investigations and permit DHR to redact sensitive material. Committee members pressed for clearer language to ensure that allowing counsel to attend interviews would not become a tool to delay DHR’s timelines. "The priority number 1 is the…
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