(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the information contained in responses to wage and salary surveys conducted by the director of personnel services to provide wage and salary information about jobs in other public and private employment under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-2938, and amendments thereto, shall be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure under the open records act, Kan. Stat. Ann. § 45-215 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any other statute. The information contained in responses to such wage and salary surveys shall not be subject to subpoena, discovery or other demand in any administrative, criminal or civil action. The confidentiality prescribed by this section is not subject to expiration pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 45-229, and amendments thereto, or any other statute.

(b) The information contained in such responses to wage and salary surveys conducted by the director of personnel services to provide wage and salary information about jobs in other public and private employment under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-2938, and amendments thereto, shall be disclosed upon written request if no person or entity can be identified in the information to be disclosed as determined by the director of personnel services.