Joint Conference Committee Report

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on Senate Bill No. 207, report as follows:

We recommend that the House Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (10105611D) be accepted with the following amendment thereto to resolve the matter under disagreement.

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All records of a threat assessment team established by a public institution of higher education pursuant to § 23-9.2:10, relating to the assessment or intervention with specific individuals.

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Records of a threat assessment team established by a public institution of higher education pursuant to § 23-9.2:10 relating to the assessment or intervention with a specific individual. However, in the event an individual who has been under assessment commits an act, or is prosecuted for the commission of an act that has caused the death of, or caused serious bodily injury, including any felony sexual assault, to another person, the records of such threat assessment team concerning the individual under assessment shall be made available as provided by this chapter, with the exception of any criminal history records obtained pursuant to § 19.2-389 or 19.2-389.1, health records obtained pursuant to § 32.1-127.1:03, or scholastic records as defined in § 22.1-289. The public body providing such records shall remove information identifying any person who provided information to the threat assessment team under a promise of confidentiality.

Respectfully submitted,

Senator R. Edward Houck

Senator John S. Edwards

Senator John C. Miller

Conferees on the part of the Senate

Delegate Robert B. Bell

Delegate James P. "Jimmie" Massie, III

Delegate Jennifer L. McClellan

Conferees on the part of the House