The State Authorized Risk Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders (SARATSO) shall be administered by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to assess every eligible person who is incarcerated in state prison and every eligible person who is on parole if the person was not assessed prior to release from state prison). The Department of Mental Health shall administer the SARATSO to assess every eligible person who is committed to that department.
(a)-(b) All DNA and forensic identification profiles and other identification information or biological samples retained by the Department of Justice are exempt from any law requiring disclosure of information to the public or return of biological specimens, samples, or print impressions.
A satellite or cable television corporation may not disclose individually identifiable information regarding any of its subscribers, including medical information.
A satellite or cable television corporation may not make individual subscriber information available to government agencies in the absence of legal compulsion.
A satellite or cable television corporation may retain subscriber information only to the extent necessary , and the corporation must maintain adequate safeguards to ensure the physical security and confidentiality of the subscriber information.
Any person authorized to administer the State Authorized Risk Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders (SARATSO) and any person acting under authority from the SARATSO Review Committee as an expert to train, monitor, or review scoring by persons who administer the SARATSO, shall have access to all relevant records pertaining to a registered sex offense, including psychological evaluations and psychiatric hospital reports. Records and information obtained under this section shall not be subject to the California Public Records Act.
Anyone who willfully obtains personal identifying information (including medical information) without consent and uses it for an unlawful purpose is guilty of a public offense
