Reporting to, and review by, legislative committees

(1) (a) On or before September 1 of each year, the department shall provide a copy of the report described in Subsection 26B-1-506(1) and the response described in Subsection 26B-1-506(2) to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel and the chairs of: (i) the Health and Human Services Interim Committee; and (ii) the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel, if the individual who is the subject of the report is a qualified individual described in Subsection 26B-1-501(7)(c), (d), or (h). (b) Only the following information in the report shall be redacted: (i) identifying information of a referent; and (ii) the surname and address of an individual that is not described in Subsection (1)(b)(i). (2) (a) The Health and Human Services Interim Committee may, in a closed meeting, review a report described in Subsection 26B-1-506(1). (b) The Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel shall, in a closed meeting, review a report described in Subsection 26B-1-506(1). (3) (a) The Health and Human Services Interim Committee and the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel may not interfere with, or make recommendations regarding, the resolution of a particular case. (b) The purpose of a review described in Subsection (2) is to assist a committee or panel described in Subsection (2) in determining whether to recommend a change in the law. (c) Any recommendation, described in Subsection (3)(b), by a committee or panel for a change in the law shall be made in an open meeting. (4) On or before September 1 of each year, the department shall provide an executive summary of all formal review reports for the preceding state fiscal year to: (a) the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel; (b) the Health and Human Services Interim Committee; and (c) the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel. (5) The executive summary described in Subsection (4): (a) may not include any names or identifying information; (b) shall include: (i) all recommendations regarding changes to the law that were made during the preceding fiscal year under Subsection 26B-1-505(6); (ii) all changes made, or in the process of being made, to a law, rule, policy, or procedure in response to a formal review that occurred during the preceding fiscal year; (iii) a description of the training that has been completed in response to a formal review that occurred during the preceding fiscal year; (iv) statistics for the preceding fiscal year regarding: (A) the number of qualified individuals and the type of deaths and near fatalities that are known to the department; (B) the number of formal reviews conducted; (C) the categories described in Subsection 26B-1-501(7) of qualified individuals; (D) the gender, age, race, and other significant categories of qualified individuals; and (E) the number of fatalities of qualified individuals known to the department that are identified as suicides; and (v) action taken by the Division of Licensing and Background Checks in response to the near fatality or the death of a qualified individual; and (c) is a public document. (6) The Division of Child and Family Services shall, to the extent required by the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1988, Pub. L. No. 93-247, as amended, allow public disclosure of the findings or information relating to a case of child abuse or neglect that results in a child fatality or a near fatality.