§353E-2  Interagency coordination.  (a) To carry out their responsibilities under section 353E-1, the department ofpublic safety, Hawaii paroling authority, judiciary, department of health,department of human services, and any other agency assigned sex offenderoversight responsibilities by law or administrative order, shall establish, byan interagency cooperative agreement, a coordinating body to oversee thedevelopment and implementation of sex offender treatment programs in the Stateto ensure compliance with the intent of the master plan developed under section353E-1(1).  The interagency cooperative agreement shall set forth the role ofthe coordinating body and the responsibilities of each agency that is a partyto the agreement.

(b)  The department of public safety shall bethe lead agency for the statewide sex offender treatment program.  As the leadagency, the department shall act as facilitator of the coordinating body byproviding administrative support to the coordinating body.

(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision to thecontrary, for purposes of sex offender treatment and community supervision, anyagency that is part of the interagency cooperative agreement shall provide,upon the request of any other participating agency, all relevant criminal,parole, medical, psychological, or mental health records of any offenderreceiving supervision or treatment while under custody of the State.  Recordsreceived by a participating agency under this section shall be confidential andshall be disclosed by the receiving agency only for the purposes and under thecircumstances expressly authorized by this section.  Any agency providingrecords under this section shall document the disclosures made under thissection, including the name of the agency to which the record is disclosed, thetitle of the record disclosed, and the date of disclosure. [L 1992, c 164, ptof §2; am L 1999, c 95, §2]