KRS 7.111: Right of access to information, when.

(1) The Department of Kentucky State Police, Department of Corrections, the

Department of Juvenile Justice, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and the

Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide access to their databases and the

centralized crim inal history record information system and the data contained

therein to other criminal justice agencies, including criminal justice statistical

analysis centers, and to the Legislative Research Commission. The right of access

granted herein shall not incl ude the right to add to, delete, or alter data without

permission of the agency holding the data.

(2) Criminal justice agencies and the Legislative Research Commission shall not make

public information on an individual person's criminal history record wher e such

record is protected by state or federal law or regulation.

(3) The Legislative Research Commission shall have access to information which does

not identify an individual person when determined by the director of the Legislative

Research Commission to be necessary for a legislative purpose.

(4) The Legislative Research Commission shall have access to individual persons'

criminal history records subject to the following provisions:

(a) Access shall not include information on federal offenses or convictions;

(b) Access shall not include information on out-of-state convictions; and

(c) Requests for the release of the information shall be approved by the

Legislative Research Commission by vote at a meeting of the Commission.