Section 26B-1-507 - Reporting to, and review by, legislative committees(1) On or before September 1 of each year, the department shall provide, with only identifying information redacted, a copy of the report described in Subsection 26B-1-506(1)(b), and the response described in Subsection 26B-1-506(2) to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel and the chairs of: (a) the Health and Human Services Interim Committee; or(b) if the qualified individual who is the subject of the report is an individual described in Subsection 26B-1-501(7)(c), (d), or (h), the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel.(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).(b) The Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel shall, in a closed meeting, review a report described in Subsection (1)(b).(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.Amended by Chapter 288, 2024 General Session ,§ 5, eff. 5/1/2024.Renumbered from § 62A-16-302 and amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session ,§ 95, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 274, 2022 General Session ,§ 34, eff. 5/4/2022.Amended by Chapter 231, 2021 General Session ,§ 15, eff. 5/5/2021.Amended by Chapter 343, 2011, 2011 General Session.