AB188,,6 48.396 (1) Law enforcement officers’ records of children shall be kept separate from records of adults. Law enforcement officers’ records of the adult expectant mothers of unborn children shall be kept separate from records of other adults. Law enforcement officers’ records of children and the adult expectant mothers of unborn children shall not be open to inspection or their contents disclosed except under sub. (1b), (1d), (5), or (6) or s. 48.293 or, 250.22, or 938.396 (2m) (c) 1p. or by order of the court. This subsection does not apply to the representatives of newspapers or other reporters of news who wish to obtain information for the purpose of reporting news without revealing the identity of the child or adult expectant mother involved, to the confidential exchange of information between the police and officials of the public or private school attended by the child or other law enforcement or social welfare agencies, or to children 10 years of age or older who are subject to the jurisdiction of the court of criminal jurisdiction. A public school official who obtains information under this subsection shall keep the information confidential as required under s. 118.125, and a private school official who obtains information under this subsection shall keep the information confidential in the same manner as is required of a public school official under s. 118.125. This subsection does not apply to the confidential exchange of information between the police and officials of the tribal school attended by the child if the police determine that enforceable protections are provided by a tribal school policy or tribal law that requires tribal school officials to keep the information confidential in a manner at least as stringent as is required of a public school official under s. 118.125. A law enforcement agency that obtains information under this subsection shall keep the information confidential as required under this subsection and s. 938.396 (1) (a). A social welfare agency that obtains information under this subsection shall keep the information confidential as required under ss. 48.78 and 938.78.

AB188,2 Section 2. 48.396 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB188,,8 48.396 (2) (a) Records of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 and of courts exercising jurisdiction under s. 48.16 shall be entered in books or deposited in files kept for that purpose only. Those records shall not be open to inspection or their contents disclosed except by order of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 or as required or permitted under this subsection, sub. (3) (b) or (c) 1g., 1m., or 1r. or (6), or s. 48.375 (7) (e) or 250.22.

AB188,3 Section 3. 48.78 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB188,,10 48.78 (2) (a) No agency may make available for inspection or disclose the contents of any record kept or information received about an individual who is or was in its care or legal custody, except as provided under sub. (2m) or s. 48.371, 48.38 (5) (b) or (d) or (5m) (d), 48.396 (3) (bm) or (c) 1r., 48.432, 48.433, 48.48 (17) (bm), 48.57 (2m), 48.66 (6), 48.93, 48.981 (7), 250.22, 938.396 (2m) (c) 1r., 938.51, or 938.78 or by order of the court.

AB188,4 Section 4. 48.981 (7) (a) 15. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB188,,12 48.981 (7) (a) 15. A fatality review team established under s. 250.22, a child fatality review team recognized by the county department, or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department.

AB188,5 Section 5. 51.30 (4) (b) 29. of the statutes is created to read:

AB188,,14 51.30 (4) (b) 29. To an authorized member of a fatality review team established under s. 250.22. The recipient of any treatment records under this subdivision shall keep the records confidential in accordance with s. 250.22.

AB188,6 Section 6. 146.82 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB188,,16 146.82 (2) (d) Notwithstanding sub. (1), patient health care records may be released, upon request, to a fatality review team, as defined in s. 250.22 (1) (a), acting as a public health authority for the purpose of reviewing a death as described under s. 250.22. Records that may be released under this paragraph for the public health purposes under s. 250.22 may be disclosed to a fatality review team only in accordance with that section, and the recipient of any records released shall keep the records confidential.

AB188,7 Section 7. 250.22 of the statutes is created to read:

AB188,,18 250.22 Fatality review teams. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB188,,19 (a) “Fatality review team” means a multidisciplinary and multiagency team examining one or more types of reviewable death among children or adults and developing recommendations to prevent future deaths of similar circumstances.

AB188,,20 (b) “Local fatality review team” means a fatality review team that examines reviewable deaths from a specific county or counties. A “local fatality review team” may include a team formed by a collaboration of two or more counties, local health departments, or tribal health departments.

AB188,,21 (c) “State fatality review team” means a fatality review team that examines reviewable deaths of residents across the state.

AB188,,22 (d) “Reviewable death” includes a death for which any of the following has been determined to be the cause of death:

AB188,,23 1. Undetermined.

AB188,,24 2. Unintentional injury.

AB188,,25 3. Suicide.

AB188,,26 4. Homicide.

AB188,,27 5. Motor vehicle incident.

AB188,,28 6. Overdose death.

AB188,,29 7. Child abuse or neglect.

AB188,,30 8. Sudden unexpected death.

AB188,,31 9. Stillbirth.

AB188,,32 10. Fetal death or infant death.

AB188,,33 (2) Department duties and authority. (a) The department shall establish a fatality review program comprised of local fatality review teams established at the option of a county, a local health department, a tribal health department, or a combination of these entities. The department may also establish a state fatality review team.

AB188,,34 (b) In coordination with the department of justice, the department of children and families, or other state agencies, as appropriate, the department shall do all of the following: