(a) Meetings of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee are closed and are exempt from public observance under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.

(b) Correspondence between Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee members and information considered by the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee in furtherance of the goals of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee are exempt from public inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.

(c)

(1) Except as provided under subdivision (c)(2) of this section, members of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee shall not disclose to any other person any confidential information obtained during or in relation to a meeting of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee.

(2) A legislative member of the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee, acting in his or her official capacity, may disclose confidential information obtained under this section to:

(A)

(i) Members of the General Assembly.

(ii) However, disclosure shall not be made to any public committee or legislative body; and

(B) The Governor and the Governor's authorized staff members.

(d)

(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful disclosure of data or information under this subchapter if the person knowingly discloses data or information to a person to whom disclosure is not permitted by this subchapter.

(2) Unlawful disclosure of data or information under this subchapter is a Class A misdemeanor.