California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 18961.5

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any county may establish a computerized data base system within that county to allow provider agencies, as defined in subdivision (h), to share identifying information, as specified in subdivision (c), regarding families at risk for child abuse or neglect, for the purpose of forming multidisciplinary personnel teams, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 18951, for the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of child abuse. (b) Each county shall develop its own standards for defining at risk before joining this system. Only information about children or the families of children at risk for child abuse or neglect may be entered into a computerized data base system established pursuant to this section. (c) With regard to a case in which a child or family has been identified as at risk for child abuse or neglect under this section, only the following information shall be entered into the system: (1) The name, address, telephone number, and date and place of birth of family members. (2) The number assigned to the case by each provider agency. (3) The name and telephone number of each employee assigned to the case from each provider agency. (4) The date or dates of contact between each provider agency and a family member or family members. (d) The information may only be entered into the system by, or disclosed to, provider agency employees designated by the director of each participating provider agency. Members of the multidisciplinary personnel teams shall be drawn from these designated employees, or other persons, as specified in Section 18961. The heads of provider agencies shall establish a system by which unauthorized personnel cannot access the data contained in the system. (e) The information obtained pursuant to this section shall be kept confidential and shall be used solely for the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of child abuse, child neglect, or both. (f) This section shall not supplant any duties required by the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 11164) of Chapter 2 of Title 1 of Part 3 of the Penal Code). (g) No employee of a provider agency which serves children and their families shall be civilly or criminally liable for furnishing or sharing information as authorized by this section. (h) For the purposes of this section, provider agency means any governmental or other agency which has as one of its purposes the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of child abuse or neglect. The provider agencies serving children and their families which may share information under this section shall include, but not be limited to, the following entities or service agencies: (1) Social services. (2) Children`s services. (3) Health services. (4) Mental health services. (5) Probation. (6) Law enforcement. (7) Schools.