Indiana § 16-49-3-8 - Meetings open; executive sessions; confidentiality statements
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§ 16-49-3-8. Meetings open; executive sessions; confidentiality statements
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 as executive sessions.
(c) If an executive session is held under subsection (b), each invitee who:
(1) attends a meeting of the local child fatality review team; and
(2) is not a member of the local child fatality review team;
shall sign a confidentiality statement prepared by the state child fatality review coordinator under IC 16-49-5-2. The chairperson of the local child fatality review team shall keep all confidentiality statements signed under this subsection.
As added by P.L.119-2013, SEC.3.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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