Connecticut General Statutes Title 17B. Social Services § 17b-225. Availability of patient information to certain agencies

(a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, 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 Emergency Services and Public Protection, 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.