Existing law permits an authorized employee of a county social services department to disclose the name and residential address of elderly or disabled clients to police, fire, or paramedical personnel, or other designated emergency services personnel, in the event of a public safety emergency that necessitates the possible evacuation of the area in which those elderly or disabled clients reside. Existing law specifies that public safety emergencies include, but are not limited to, events that jeopardize the immediate physical safety of county residents.
This bill would additionally permit those individuals' telephone numbers and e-mail addresses to be disclosed and would specifically identify a public safety power shut-off as a public safety emergency. The bill would require a county social services agency that intends to disclose information as described above to notify elderly or disabled individuals receiving services of that fact and give the individual the option to opt out of having that information disclosed. The bill would limit the use of the disclosed information to providing emergency services in the event of a public safety emergency described above.

Statutes affected:
SB753: 10850.9 WIC
02/22/19 - Introduced: 10850.9 WIC
04/04/19 - Amended Senate: 10850.9 WIC
01/06/20 - Amended Senate: 10850.9 WIC
01/15/20 - Amended Senate: 10850.9 WIC