Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 34; Title 37; Title 38 and Title 39.

COLLECTION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT<br /> <br /> This bill provides, notwithstanding another law to the contrary, a court wherein juvenile commitments to a mental institution are ordered or juveniles are adjudicated as a mental defective must enter a standing and continuing order instructing the juvenile court clerk to collect and report as soon as practicable, but no later than the third business day following the date of such an order or adjudication, information described in this bill regarding children who have been adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution at 16 or older for the purposes of complying with the federal Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022 and the federal NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.<br /> <br /> INFORMATION TO BE COLLECTED AND REPORTED<br /> <br /> This bill requires the following information to be collected and reported to the federal bureau of investigation-NICS Indices and the department of safety:<br /> <br /> (1) Complete name and all aliases of the child judicially committed or adjudicated as a mental defective, including, but not limited to, any names that the child may have had or currently has by reason of marriage or otherwise;<br /> <br /> (2) Case or docket number of the judicial commitment or the adjudication as a mental defective;<br /> <br /> (3) Date judicial commitment ordered or adjudication as a mental defective was made;<br /> <br /> (4) Private or state hospital or treatment resource to which the child was judicially committed;<br /> <br /> (5) Date of birth of the child judicially committed or adjudicated as a mental defective, if such information has been provided to the clerk;<br /> <br /> (6) Race and sex of the child judicially committed or adjudicated as a mental defective; and<br /> <br /> (7) Social security number of the child judicially committed or adjudicated as a mental defective, if available.<br /> <br /> CONFIDENTIALITY<br /> <br /> This bill provides that the information in the above provision, the confidentiality of which is protected by other statutes or regulations, must be maintained as confidential and is not subject to public inspection pursuant to applicable statutes or regulations, except for such use as may be necessary in the conduct of any proceedings. <br /> <br /> REMOVAL OF INFORMATION<br /> <br /> This bill provides that the information collected and reported to the federal bureau of investigation-NICS Indices and the department of safety must not be removed unless the individual receives relief from federal firearms disability under state or federal law. <br /> <br /> CHILDREN UNDER 16<br /> <br /> This bill prohibits an agency to provide to the federal bureau of investigation-NICS Indices, or any other national or local databases, records related to commitments to mental institutions or children adjudicated as a mental defective if the child was under 16 at the time of the commitment or adjudication.<br />