MA S1123

Grants the child advocate authority to obtain data on adult and juvenile arrests, arraignments, adjudications, and dispositions as necessary for official duties

Provides the child advocate unrestricted access to all electronic information systems, records, and court records from juvenile court, probate and family court, and the Massachusetts Probation Service

Allows access to personally identifiable information in criminal justice information services databases, including the right to inspect and copy records without cost

Expands the scope of systemwide examinations to include juvenile contact with criminal justice agencies, juvenile court records, federal criminal records, and racial disproportionality and disparity

Clarifies that the child advocate's access authority supersedes existing confidentiality restrictions in sections 167 and 172 of chapter 6 of the General Laws