CO HB1063

County departments providing adult protective services may access child abuse and neglect records when necessary to assess safety and risk or provide protective services for at-risk adults, limited to information about prior or current referrals, assessments, investigations, or case information related to a child or alleged perpetrator.

County departments providing child protective services may access information from adult protective services departments under the same conditions, limited to information about prior or current referrals, assessments, investigations, or case information related to an at-risk adult or alleged perpetrator.

At-risk adults may obtain their own protective services information after investigations are complete, excluding identifying information about reporting parties and other appropriate persons.

Court authorization is not required for disclosures between child and adult protective services departments or to at-risk adults, and these provisions do not limit other federal and state confidentiality laws.

If a guardian is a substantiated perpetrator, information cannot be disclosed without court authorization for good cause, and any federally or state-protected confidential information remains protected even if court-authorized.