Sec. 1. (a) The local child fatality review team shall meet for the first meeting of the local child fatality review team at the call of a prosecuting attorney or prosecuting attorney’s representative. (b) The members of a local child fatality review team shall elect a member to serve as the chairperson at the first […]
Sec. 10. The chairperson of a local child fatality review team or the chairperson’s designee shall do the following: (1) Prepare the agenda for each meeting. (2) Provide notices of meetings to all members of the local child fatality review team. (3) Maintain confidentiality forms signed in accordance with sections 2(a)(1) and 8(c) of this […]
Sec. 11. The department of child services shall have access to all data submitted by a local child fatality review team, including access to the electronic data collection system, to assist the department of child services in preparing the report required under IC 31-25-2-24. As added by P.L.119-2013, SEC.3.
Sec. 12. A local child fatality review team is subject to the confidentiality provisions of IC 31-33-18 applying to records held by the local child fatality review team. As added by P.L.119-2013, SEC.3.
Sec. 13. The discussions, determinations, conclusions, and recommendations of a local child fatality review team, or its members, concerning a review of a child fatality at a meeting of the local child fatality review team: (1) are privileged; and (2) are not: (A) subject to subpoena or discovery; or (B) admissible as evidence; in any […]
Sec. 2. (a) After an individual becomes a member of a local child fatality review team and before the member participates in a review of a child fatality, the member shall: (1) sign a confidentiality statement prepared by the state child fatality review coordinator under IC 16-49-5-2; (2) review the purpose and goal of the […]
Sec. 3. (a) A local child fatality review team: (1) shall review the death of a child whose death incident occurred in the area served by the local child fatality review team and may review the death of a child whose death occurred in the area served by the local child fatality review team if: […]
Sec. 4. The local child fatality review team shall review the death certificate of a child received from a local health officer to determine if the local child fatality review team is required to review the death of the child as required under section 3 of this chapter. As added by P.L.119-2013, SEC.3.
Sec. 5. (a) Subject to IC 34-30-15, if the local child fatality review team requests records from a hospital, physician, coroner, law enforcement officer, or mental health professional regarding a death that the local child fatality review team is reviewing, the hospital, physician, coroner, law enforcement officer, or mental health professional shall provide the requested […]
Sec. 6. In reviewing the death of a child under this chapter, the local child fatality review team shall: (1) identify the factors that surrounded or contributed to the death of the child; (2) determine whether similar deaths could be prevented in the future; (3) if applicable, identify: (A) agencies and entities that should be […]
Sec. 7. (a) Before July 1 each year, a local child fatality review team shall prepare and submit to the state child fatality review coordinator a report that must include the following information: (1) A summary of the data collected regarding the reviews conducted by the local child fatality review team in the previous calendar […]
Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), meetings of a local child fatality review team are open to the public. (b) Meetings of a local child fatality review team that involve confidential records or identifying information regarding the death of a child that is confidential under state or federal law must be held […]
Sec. 9. Members of a local child fatality review team and individuals who attend a meeting of a local child fatality review team as invitees of the chairperson: (1) may discuss among themselves confidential matters that are before the local child fatality review team; (2) are bound by all applicable laws regarding the confidentiality of […]
