Existing law creates the Committee to Review Suicide Fatalities within the Department of Human Services. (NRS 439.5104) Existing law provides that, with certain exceptions, any information acquired by Committee or any record of the Committee is confidential. (NRS 439.5108) Existing law further provides that all public books and public records of a state or local government entity, unless otherwise declared by law to be confidential, are required to be open at all times during office hours for the public to inspect, copy or receive a copy thereof. (NRS 239.010) Section 1 of this bill clarifies that the information acquired by the Committee and the records of the Committee are not required to be open at all times during office hours for the public to inspect, copy or receive a copy thereof.

Statutes affected:
BDR: 239.010