This bill requires a court in which juvenile commitments to a mental institution are ordered, or juveniles are adjudicated as a mental defective, to 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 below 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 certain federal law.
This bill requires the following information to be collected and reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation-NICS Indices and the department of safety:
(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;
(2) Case or docket number of the judicial commitment or the adjudication as a mental defective;
(3) Date judicial commitment ordered or adjudication as a mental defective was made;
(4) Private or state hospital or treatment resource to which the child was judicially committed;
(5) Date of birth of the child judicially committed or adjudicated as a mental defective, if such information has been provided to the clerk;
(6) Race and sex of the child judicially committed or adjudicated as a mental defective; and
(7) Social security number of the child judicially committed or adjudicated as a mental defective, if available.
This bill clarifies that the information described above 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 certain proceedings pursuant to law concerning verification of criminal violation information, law concerning the sales of dangerous weapons, or law regarding the suspension or revocation of handgun permits. Additionally, information collected and reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation-NICS Indices and the department of safety pursuant to subsection (b) must not be removed unless the individual receives relief from federal firearms disability under state or federal law.
This bill prohibits an agency from providing 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.
This bill requires a juvenile court to enter a standing and continuing order instructing the juvenile court clerk to notify the department of safety to update, correct, modify, or remove records following relief from firearm disabilities. The Tennessee bureau of investigation must notify and remove such records from the Federal Bureau of Investigation-NICS Indices.