331.909 - MULTIDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY SERVICES TEAMS.

        331.909  MULTIDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY SERVICES TEAMS.         1.  A county or multicounty consortium of agencies providing      health, counseling, economic assistance, education, law enforcement,      or therapeutic services may establish a multidisciplinary team for      the more effective planning and delivery of services to an individual      or family under the following conditions:         a.  The team complies with federal regulations regarding      confidentiality.         b.  The agencies comprising the team have written      confidentiality standards.         c.  The agencies comprising the team enter into an annual      interagency agreement to comply with confidentiality standards      specified in the agreement.         d.  An agency initiating a multidisciplinary team obtains a      signed agreement from an individual authorizing the team to share      information concerning the individual or the individual's family on a      confidential basis.         2.  The activities of a multidisciplinary community services team      shall not duplicate the activities of a multidisciplinary team for      child abuse under section 235A.13, dependent adult abuse activities      under section 235B.6, or child victim services provided under section      915.35.         3.  A multidisciplinary community services team shall select a      chairperson and other officers as deemed necessary by the members of      the team.  A multidisciplinary community services team is not a      governmental body as defined in section 21.2 and is not subject to      the provisions of chapter 21, relating to open meetings.      Notwithstanding chapter 22, the confidentiality of information in the      possession of a multidisciplinary team which is required by law to be      confidential shall be maintained except as specifically provided by      this section.         4.  The members of a multidisciplinary community services team are      expressly authorized to orally disclose personally identifying      information to one another which is otherwise required by law to be      confidential.  Disclosure of confidential information other than oral      information between team members under provisions of this section is      expressly prohibited.         5.  A member of a multidisciplinary community services team shall      not use confidential information obtained from another team member      except in the best interests of the subject of the confidential      information and shall not disclose such information to another person      except as otherwise authorized by law.  A member of a      multidisciplinary community services team who willfully uses or      discloses confidential information in violation of this section      commits a serious misdemeanor.  Notwithstanding section 903.1, the      penalty for a person convicted pursuant to this subsection is a fine      of not more than five hundred dollars in the case of a first offense      and not more than five thousand dollars in the case of each      subsequent offense.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         96 Acts, ch 1156, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1090, §70, 84; 2003 Acts, ch      180, §61