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• investigations, inquiries, or interviews conducted in connection with certification or • disciplinary matters are not public records within the meaning of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. However, any notice or statement of charges against any certified fee-based pastoral counselor or certified fee-based pastoral counseling associate, any notice to any certified fee-based pastoral counselor or certified fee-based pastoral counseling associate of a hearing in any proceeding, or any decision rendered in connection with a hearing in any proceeding is a public record within the meaning of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes, except that identifying information concerning the treatment or delivery of services to a counselee or client who has not consented to the public disclosure of such treatment or services may be deleted. Any record, paper, or other document containing information collected and compiled by or on behalf of the Board, as provided in this section, that is received and admitted in evidence in any hearing before the Board shall be a public record within the meaning of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes, subject to any deletions of identifying information concerning the treatment or delivery of pastoral counseling services to a counselee or client who has not consented to public disclosure of the treatment or services." Sec. 9. G.S. 120-131(b)(4) reads as rewritten: "(4) Bill, resolution, memorandum, written analysis, letter, or other document resulting from a drafting or information request and it has been distributed at a legislative commission or standing committee or subcommittee meeting not held in executive session session, closed session, or on the floor of a house." Sec. 10. Article 5 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Part to read: "Part F. Confidential Information. "§ 131E-97. Confidentiality of patient information. (a) Medical records compiled and maintained by health care facilities in connection with the admission, treatment, and discharge of individual patients are not public records as defined by Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. (b) Charges. accounts, credit histories, and other personal financial records compiled and maintained by health care facilities in connection with the admission, treatment, and discharge of individual patients are not public records as defined by Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. "§ 131E-97.1. Confidentiality of personnel information. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the personnel files of employees or former employees, and the files of applicants for employment maintained by a public hospital as defined in G.S. 159-39 are not public records as • defined by Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. (b) The following information with respect to each employee of a public hospital, as defined by G.S. 159-39, is a matter of public record: name; age; date of original employment or appointment; beginning and ending dates, position title, position descriptions. and total compensation of current and former positions; and date of the most recent promotion, demotion, transfer, suspension, separation, or other change in position classification. In addition, the following information with respect to each licensed medical provider employed by or having privileges to practice in a public hospital shall be a matter of IN.,',tic record: edv ational history and qualifications, date and jurisdiction or original and current licensure: and information relating to medical board certifications or other qualifications of medical specialists. § 131E-97.2. Confidentiality of credentialing information. Information acquired by a public hospital. as defined in G.S. 159-39. or by a State- owned or State-operated hospital. or by persons acting for or on behalf of a hospital, in connection with the credencialing and peer review of persons having or applving Page 8 House Bill 120