2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-225. (Formerly Sec. 17-295c). Availability of patient information to certain agencies.
Sec. 17b-225. (Formerly Sec. 17-295c). Availability of patient information to
certain agencies. (a) The Department of Public Safety, the Department of Social Services and the United States Department of Health and Human Services shall be entitled
to receive only such information concerning patients in institutions, hospitals and facilities of the Departments of Public Health, Mental Retardation and Mental Health and
Addiction Services as is required to obtain support and payments for the care of such
patients, including submissions of such information to probate courts, agencies and
corporations dispensing benefits, or only such information concerning such patients as
is required for the purpose of claiming federal reimbursement, or only such information
concerning such patients as is required for the review and audit of federally funded
programs. Any such information received by said Department of Public Safety, Department of Social Services and United States Department of Health and Human Services
shall be confidential and shall be used for the purposes of obtaining support and payments
for the care of said patients or for the purpose of claiming federal reimbursement or for
the review and audit of federally funded programs.
(1971, P.A. 263; P.A. 73-248, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-215, S. 1, 3; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; 75-638, S. 21, 23; P.A. 77-614, S. 71, 323, 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 127, 136; P.A. 79-383; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 73-248 entitled welfare department and U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare to receive information and included information relevant to claims for federal reimbursement or to review or audit of federally-funded programs; P.A. 74-215 added word "only" with reference to information re federal reimbursement and federal reviews and audits; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare department with department of social services; P.A. 75-638 included information on patients in facilities of mental retardation department; P.A. 77-614 replaced central collections division of department of finance and control with department of administrative services and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced department of health with department of health services and department of social services with department of income maintenance; P.A. 78-303 entitled department of public safety to information; P.A. 79-383 added Subsec. (b) containing special provisions re information to which administrative services department entitled and removed references to said department in previous provisions, now Subsec. (a); P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-295c transferred to Sec. 17b-225 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health and replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995.
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