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7 AAC 54.430. Disclosure for research purposes. The division may disclose otherwise nondisclosable information to a person doing research or maintaining health statistics, if the anonymity of the juvenile is assured and the division recognizes the project as a bona fide research or statistical undertaking. (Eff. 1/14/2000, Register 153) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.06.010 AS 47.12.300 AS 47.14.010

AS 47.06.040 AS 47.12.310 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made conforming technical revisions under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 54.430 to substitute references to AS 47.06.010 and 47.06.040 for the former references to AS 47.05.010 and 47.05.040. 7 AAC 54.440. Disclosure to public officials and legislators. (a) The division may disclose safeguarded information, including lists of juveniles in its custody, to other branches of the state or federal government, and to local government entities, that finance programs or services used by juveniles in the custody of the division, if the disclosure is necessary to ensure continued levels of funding and the recipient of the information has confidentiality standards equivalent to those in AS 47.12 and this chapter. (b) The division may disclose safeguarded information to a committee of the state legislature only under the following conditions:

(1) the commissioner of family and community services has approved the disclosure;

(2) only information necessary to accomplish the purpose of the investigation may be disclosed; and

(3) the committee has standards equivalent to the standards of the division for safeguarding the information revealed and restricting the use of the information to purposes directly connected with the purpose of the committee.