Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3301, sub-§6-A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 260, Pt. A, §8, is further amended to read:

6-A. Records confidential. Except as otherwise provided in this Title, information contained in records pertaining to a juvenile against whom a juvenile petition has not been filed is confidential unless the juvenile, and the juvenile's parents, guardian or legal custodian if the juvenile is not emancipated, has given informed written consent to the disclosure of the records.

This subsection does not preclude the release of the identity of a juvenile on conditional release pursuant to section 3203-A or on informal adjustment pursuant to this section to a criminal justice agency for the administration of juvenile criminal justice or to the Department of Health and Human Services if necessary to carry out the statutory functions of that agency.

Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §1216, sub-§1, ¶E, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 205, §10, is amended to read:

E. To persons engaged in research if:

(1) The research plan is first submitted to and approved by the commissioner;

(2) The disclosure is approved by the commissioner; and

(3) Neither original records nor identifying data are removed from the facility or office that prepared the records.

The commissioner and the person doing the research shall preserve the anonymity of the person receiving services from the department and may not disseminate data that refer to that person by name or number or in any other way that might lead to the person's identification; or

Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §1216, sub-§1, ¶F, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 205, §10, is amended to read:

F. To persons who directly supervise or report on the health, behavior or progress of a juvenile, to the superintendent of a juvenile's school and the superintendent's designees and to agencies that are or might become responsible for the health or welfare of a juvenile if the information is relevant to and disseminated for the purpose of creating or maintaining an individualized plan for the juvenile's rehabilitation, including reintegration into the school.; or