,,ii  #aac? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,s4 #bcag  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!      
,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,may #ab1 #bjad ,mr4   
,:iteh\se introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0
 read twice & ref]r$ to ! ,committee on 
! ,judici>y  ,a ,,bill  ,to re/rict     
confid5tiality agreem5ts t prohibit !   
disclosure ( in=mation relat+ to haz>ds 
to public safety or heal?1 & = o!r      
purposes4  #a4 ,%ort title  ,?is ,act   
may be cit$ z ! ,safety ,ov] ,secrecy   
,act ( #bjad4  #b4 ,re/rictions on c]ta9
 confid5tiality agreem5ts 9 settlem5ts  
7a7 ,9 g5]al ,*apt] #aaa ( title #bh1   
,unit$ ,/ates ,code1 is am5d$ by add+ at
 ! end ! foll[+3  #affj4 ,re/rictions on
 c]ta9 confid5tiality agreem5ts 9       
settlem5ts  7a7 ,def9ition ,9 ?is       
section1 ! t]m haz>d to public safety or
 heal? means an activity1 sub/ance1 or  
condition t has a pot5tial to cause h>m 
to ! heal? or safety ( ! public4  7b7   
,disclosure 9 g5]al  7#a7 ,9 g5]al      
,except z provid$ 9 p>agraph 7#b71 a    
c\rt may n approve or ord] ! en=cem5t ( 

any provision 9 a settlem5t agreem5t1 or
 o!r agreem5t relat+ to a settlem5t1    
betwe5 or among p>ties 9 a civil suit   
if-- 7,a7 a plead+ fil$ 9 ! suit alleges
 facts t are relevant to protect+ !     
public f a haz>d to public safety or    
heal?2 &  7,b7 ! provision prohibits a  
p>ty f-- 7i7 disclos+ ! fact t !        
settlem5t 0 rea*$2  7ii7 disclos+ ! t]ms
 ( ! settlem5t1 o!r ?an ! am\nt ( money1
 if any1 paid "u ! settlem5t2  7iii7    
discuss+ ! suit or evid5ce produc$ 9 !  
suit2 or  7iv7 o!rwise discuss+ ! haz>d 
to public safety or heal?4  7#b7        
,balance ( int]e/s  7,a7 ,9 g5]al ,on a 
motion by a p>ty to an agreem5t describ$
 9 p>agraph 7#a71 a c\rt may approve or 
ord] ! en=cem5t ( a provision describ$ 9
 p>agraph 7#a77;,b71 despite ! fact t a 
plead+ describ$ 9 p>agraph 7#a77;,a7 is 
fil$ 9 ! suit1 if ! c\rt1 bas$ on an    
indep5d5t f9d+ ( fact1 det]m9es t-- 7i7 
! public int]e/ 9 ! disclosure ( facts t
 are relevant to protect+ ! public f a  
haz>d to public safety or heal? is      

outweigh$ by a specific & sub/antial    
int]e/ 9 ma9ta9+ ! confid5tiality ( !   
in=mation or records t are cov]$ by !   
provision2 &  7ii7 ! reque/$ ord] is no 
broad] ?an necess>y to protect !        
specific & sub/antial int]e/ 9 ma9ta9+  
confid5tiality describ$ 9 clause 7i74   
7,b7 ,consid]ations ,) respect to !     
balanc+ ( int]e/s describ$ 9 subp>agraph
 7,a77i7-- 7i7 !re %all be a rebuttable 
presumption t ! int]e/ 9 protect+       
f9ancial1 m$ical1 or o!r simil> p]sonal 
in=mation relat+ to an id5tifiable      
individual outweighs ! public int]e/    
describ$ 9 subp>agraph 7,a77i72  7ii7 a 
g5]al int]e/ 9 ! settlem5t ( disputes   
may n s]ve z a specific & sub/antial    
int]e/ describ$ 9 subp>agraph 7,a77i72 &
  7iii7 a c\rt may r$act language 9 a   
settlem5t agreem5t1 9 ord] to           
accommodate-- 7,i7 ! privacy ( p]sonal  
in=mation2 &  7,,ii7 ! public b5efit (  
aw>5ess ( haz>ds to public safety &     
heal?4  7c7 ,disclosure to ,f$]al or    
,/ate ag5cies  7#a7 ,9 g5]al ,a c\rt may

 n approve or ord] ! en=cem5t ( any     
provision ( a settlem5t agreem5t1 or o!r
 agreem5t relat+ to a settlem5t1 betwe5 
or among p>ties 9 a civil suit if-- 7,a7
 a plead+ fil$ 9 ! suit alleges facts t 
are relevant to protect+ ! public f a   
haz>d to public safety or heal?2 &  7,b7
 ! provision prohibits or o!rwise       
re/ricts a p>ty f disclos+ a fact       
describ$ 9 subp>agraph 7,a7 to a ,f$]al 
or ,/ate ag5cy ) au?ority to en=ce a law
 or regulate an activity relat+ to t    
fact4  7#b7 ,confid5tiality ma9ta9$ ,!  
confid5tiality ( a fact describ$ 9      
p>agraph 7#a77;,a7 t is disclos$ to a   
,f$]al or ,/ate ag5cy describ$ 9        
p>agraph 7#a77;,b7 %all be protect$ to !
 ext5t o!rwise provid$ "u any o!r law1  
regulation1 or agreem5t4  4  7b7        
,te*nical & con=m+ am5dm5t ,! table (   
sections = *apt] #aaa ( title #bh1      
,unit$ ,/ates ,code1 is am5d$ by add+ at
 ! end ! foll[+3  #affj4 ,re/rictions on
 c]ta9 confid5tiality agreem5ts 9       
settlem5ts4  4