Alabama Administrative Code › Title 660 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES › Chapter 660-1-6 - CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS › Section 660-1-6-.08 - Access Within The Department

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) As a general rule, access to case records
			 and other confidential information among Department Bureaus, Divisions, and
			 Departments shall not be allowed.
(2) Child Abuse and Neglect records and other
			 confidential information may only be disclosed or released under those
			 circumstances as outlined in Rule
			 660-1-6-.05, or to the Division
			 of Legal Services, Division of County Operations, or those administrators or
			 Department personnel with a need to know.
(3) Child foster care and adoption assistance
			 case records or other confidential information may be disclosed or released in
			 connection with programs operated under Titles I, IV-A, IV-B, IV-C, IV-D, V, X,
			 XIV, XVI, XVI (SSI), XIX, or XX of the Social Security Act and the TANF/JOBS
			 program. Such records or information may also be disclosed or released in
			 connection with other federal or federally assisted programs providing
			 assistance, in cash, or in kind, or services, directly to individuals on the
			 basis of need.
(4) Temporary
			 Assistance to Needy Families(TANF) and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills
			 Training(JOBS)case records and other confidential information may be disclosed
			 or released in connection with programs operated under Titles I, IV-A, IV-B,
			 IV-C, IV-D, X, XIV, XVI (AABD), XVI (SSI), XIX, or XX of the Social Security
			 Act and the TANF/JOBS program. Such records or information may also be
			 disclosed or released to other federal or federally assisted programs providing
			 assistance, in cash, or in kind, or services, directly to individuals on the
			 basis of need.
(5) Food stamp case
			 records and other confidential information may be disclosed or released in
			 connection with other federal or federally aided, means tested programs, such
			 as Titles IV-A (AFDC), XIX (Medicaid), or XVI (SSI) or with general assistance
			 programs subject to the joint processing requirements of
			 7 C.F.R. §
									273.2(j)(2) and the
			 TANF/JOBS program.
(6) Child
			 support case records and other confidential information may be disclosed or
			 released in connection with programs operated under Titles II, IV-A, IV-B,
			 IV-C, IV-D, X, XIV, XVI, XVI (SSI), XIX, or XX of the Social Security Act and
			 the TANF/JOBS program. Such records or information may also be disclosed or
			 released to any other federal or federally assisted programs providing
			 assistance, in cash, or in kind, or services, directly to individuals on the
			 basis of need.
(a) Upon request of the
			 agency, the Department shall release or disclose to a consumer reporting agency
			 information regarding the amount of overdue support owed by noncustodial
			 parents who meet the following criteria:
(1)
			 The custodial parent or caretaker of the child or children for whom the
			 noncustodial parent owes support is a recipient of Title IV-D
			 services.
(2) The overdue support
			 is $1,000.00 or more.
(3) There has
			 been no good cause determination or court order otherwise prohibiting
			 enforcement of a child support obligation.