2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 39 MENTALLY ILL, INCAPACITATED AND DEPENDENT PERSONS; SOCIAL WELFARE
Article 14 REPORTING ABUSE, NEGLECT OR EXPLOITATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS
39-1434. Statewide register; report, assessment or written evaluation not public record; disclosure of certain individuals prohibited.
39-1434
39-1434. Statewide register; report, assessment or written evaluation not public record; disclosure of certain individuals prohibited. (a) The secretary of social and rehabilitation services shall maintain a statewide register of the reports, assessments received and the analyses, evaluations and the actions recommended. The register shall be available for inspection by personnel of the department of social and rehabilitation services and as provided in K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 65-6205 and amendments thereto.
(b) Neither the report, assessment or the written evaluation analysis shall be deemed a public record or be subject to the provisions of the open records act. The name of the person making the original report or any person mentioned in such report shall not be disclosed unless the person making the original report specifically requests or agrees in writing to such disclosure or unless a judicial proceeding results therefrom. No information contained in the statewide register shall be made available to the public in such a manner as to identify individuals.
History: L. 1989, ch. 129, § 5; L. 1997, ch. 161, § 7; July 1.
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