SECOND REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE WASSON.
Read 1st time February 7, 2008 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 210.203, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to child care facilities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 210.203, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 210.203, to read as follows:
210.203. 1. The department of health and senior services shall maintain a record of substantiated[, signed parental] complaints against child care facilities [licensed pursuant to this chapter] regardless of licensure status, and shall make such complaints and findings available to the public upon request.
2. Unsubstantiated reports shall be confidential, shall not be deemed a public record, and shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 610, RSMo. Such reports shall be accessible for examination and copying only to the following persons or offices, or their designees:
(1) The department or any person or agency designated by the department;
(2) The attorney general;
(3) The parent or legal guardian of any child named in the report;
(4) Any alleged perpetrator named in the report;
(5) Any appropriate law enforcement agency; or
(6) The department of social services.
3. The name of the reporter shall not be disclosed unless:
(1) Such reporter specifically authorizes disclosure of his or her name; or
(2) The department determines that disclosure of the name of the reporter is necessary to prevent further harm to a child.
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