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practicable by telephone or in writing of the expected date of the juvenile’s release, the geographic area in which it is anticipated that the juvenile will reside, and other pertinent information concerning the juvenile’s conditions of release that might affect the victim. (g) The department may, disclose case information to the governor, lieutenant governor, a legislator, the ombudsman, attorney general, and commissioners of family and community services, administration, or public safety, or employees of these officials for review or use in their official capacity. (h) A facility employee may voluntarily appear, and, if required by a court, shall appear, and give testimony in a hearing that is directly related to the operation of juvenile justice services programs, including the following:
(1) in a children’s, mental commitment, guardianship, or conservatorship proceeding, if a recipient of juvenile justice services is the subject of the proceeding;
(2) in a child support, custody, or divorce proceeding to testify concerning the minor children involved; or
(3) in a prosecution for illegal activity in the facility. (i) A facility employee may not testify in a hearing not related to the operation of juvenile justice programs with respect to any safeguarded information, except where a court, having been informed of the existence of the statutes and regulations prohibiting disclosure, orders the disclosure. (j) A facility superintendent may disclose information to a person doing research or maintaining health statistics, if the anonymity of the juvenile is assured, and the department recognizes the project as a bona fide research or statistical undertaking. (Eff. 7/3/80, Register 74; am 1/14/2000, Register 153) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.30.020 AS 47.12.300 AS 47.14.010
AS 47.06.010 AS 47.12.310 AS 47.14.020
AS 47.06.040 AS 47.12.315 AS 47.14.050
AS 47.12.110 AS 47.12.320 AS 47.14.100 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social