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Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, ADDICTIVE DISEASES, AND OTHER DISABILITY SERVICES · Article 2. ADMINISTRATION OF MENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES · Part 1. OFFICE OF DISABILITY SERVICES OMBUDSMAN

37-2-34. Ombudsman and other office personnel deemed members of department work force for certain purposes.

Active

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. The ombudsman and persons employed by or acting as agents of the ombudsman shall be deemed members of the work force of the department solely for the purposes of:

  2. (1)

    Allowing the department to disclose confidential clinical records and protected health information to the ombudsman as provided for in Code Section 37-2-36;#

  3. (2)

    Protecting confidential clinical records and protected health information from further disclosure through or by the ombudsman and the office of the ombudsman; and#

  4. (3)

    Ensuring the department’s compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, P.L. 104-191, and the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information promulgated pursuant thereto.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 37-2-34, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 133, § 3/HB 535.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, page 118; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.