A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to codify rules for sharing of juvenile information between agencies.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7B‑3100 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7B‑3100.  Disclosure of information about juveniles.
(a)	
The following agencies shall share with one another, upon request, information in their possession that is relevant to any case in which a petition is filed alleging that a juvenile is abused, neglected, dependent, undisciplined, or delinquent:
(1)	The Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
(2)	The Office of Guardian Ad Litem Services of the Administrative Office of the Courts.
(3)	County departments of social services.
(4)	Area mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse authorities.
(5)	County mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse authorities.
(6)	Local law enforcement agencies.
(7)	District attorneys' offices, except as otherwise provided in this section.
(8)	Local school administrative units.
(9)	Local health departments.
(10)	Any other State or local agency designated in an administrative order issued by the chief district court judge of the district court district in which the agency is located or operates.
(a1)	Any agency that receives information disclosed pursuant to this section, and shares information with another authorized agency, shall document the name of the agency to which the information was provided and the date the information was provided.
(a2)	When the disclosure of requested information is prohibited or restricted by federal law or regulations, a designated agency shall share the information only in conformity with the applicable federal law and regulations. At the request of the initiating designated agency, the designated agency refusing the request shall inform that agency of the specific law or regulation that is the basis for the refusal.
(a3)	Any designated agency that refuses another designated agency's written request for information under this section shall, upon request of the requesting agency, provide the requesting agency with a written statement of the reason for the refusal. A requesting agency may file a motion in the pending juvenile matter for the limited purpose of asking the court to order disclosure of the requested information. An agency from which information is requested may file a motion in the pending juvenile matter for the limited purpose of asking the court to order that disclosure of some or all of the requested information is not required because:
(1)	This section does not require disclosure of the information;
(2)	The juvenile's best interest requires that the information not be disclosed; or
(3)	There is other good cause for not disclosing the information.
A movant under this subsection must serve the motion and notice of hearing on all parties and on the other designated agency. The court may conduct an in camera inspection of information that is the subject of the motion. At the conclusion of the hearing on the motion, the court shall enter an order requiring the disclosure of some or all of the requested information, or declaring that some or all of the information is not required to be disclosed. Based on a finding of good cause, the court may deny or prohibit disclosure of information that otherwise would have to be disclosed under this section.
(a4)	Any information shared among agencies pursuant to this section shall remain confidential, shall be withheld from public inspection, and shall be used only for the protection of the juvenile and others or to improve the educational opportunities of the juvenile, and shall be released in accordance with the provisions of the Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act as set forth in 20 U.S.C. § 1232g. Nothing in this section or any other provision of law shall preclude any other necessary sharing of information among agencies. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the disclosure or release of any information in the possession of an attorney.
(b)	Disclosure of information concerning any juvenile under investigation or alleged to be within the jurisdiction of the court that would reveal the identity of that juvenile is prohibited except that publication of pictures of runaways is permitted with the permission of the parents."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.