71-5-142 - Confidentiality and disclosure of proprietary information.
71-5-142. Confidentiality and disclosure of proprietary information.
(a) All proprietary information, including but not limited to, provider reimbursement information provided either to the Tennessee department of commerce and insurance or to the TennCare bureau, or any successor entity operated by the state of Tennessee for the purpose of administering the TennCare program, or any successor program shall be deemed confidential and not subject to disclosure under the Tennessee Public Records Act, compiled in title 10, chapter 7. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to conflict with or obviate the provisions of §§ 56-9-202(b) and 56-9-504(f).
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to disclosures to the medicaid fraud unit of the Tennessee bureau of investigation for law enforcement activities authorized by federal or state law.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit access to, or use of, these records by governmental agencies performing official functions.
[Acts 2002, ch. 880, § 18.]