Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a confidentiality agreement entered into between a foster parent and the department may not prohibit the foster parent from releasing or disclosing confidential information to a duly elected state government official for whom the information is relevant to the official's responsibility under the law to protect children from child abuse and neglect. (b) A foster parent may provide an elected state government official with information regarding a child in the foster parent's care. However, a foster parent may not release or disclose the following information regarding a child who is or was in foster care or under the supervision of a juvenile court, or regarding the child's parent, guardian, or custodian: (1) Medical records. (2) Mental health records. (3) Education records. (4) Social Security number. (5) Juvenile court records, as set forth in IC 31-39-1 . (6) Law enforcement records, as set forth in IC 31-39-3 . (7) A report prepared under IC 31-19-17-2 . (8) Identifying information (as defined in IC 31-33-18-1.5 ) regarding the child's parent, guardian, or custodian. (9) Information shared at a meeting at which the foster parent was present only with the consent of a child's parent, guardian, or custodian. (c) The department may not: (1) take adverse action against a foster parent's license under IC 31-27-4 ; or (2) remove a foster child from the home of a foster parent; solely on the basis of the foster parent having spoken to a duly elected state government official, provided the foster parent did not provide the state government official with information the foster parent is prohibited from releasing under subsection (b).
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