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, Developmental Services 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.
(b) The Department of Administrative Services shall be entitled to receive only
such information concerning patients in institutions, hospitals and facilities of the Departments of Public Health, Mental Health and Addiction Services and Developmental
Services, and state humane institutions, as defined in section 17b-222, 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. Any
such information received by said Department of Administrative Services shall be confidential and shall be used only for the purposes specified in this subsection.
(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; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a).)
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; pursuant to
P.A. 07-73 "Department of Mental Retardation" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "Department of Developmental
Services", effective October 1, 2007.