Alabama Administrative Code › Title 660 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES › Chapter 660-1-6 - CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS › Section 660-1-6-.09 - Public Access To Records

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Where federal or state law or regulations
			 require or allow access, the Department shall disclose and release Department
			 records, or copies thereof, to state or federal agencies and other governmental
			 entities to receive them.
(2) The
			 Department may allow access to Department records, or copies thereof, and other
			 confidential information to agencies and other governmental entities within or
			 outside Alabama to which the Department has transferred cases,
(3) If allowed or required by law or
			 determined to promote the functions of the Department, the Department may allow
			 access to Department records, or copies thereof, and other confidential
			 information to intrastate or interstate registries.
(4) Upon request, current address information
			 on Family Assistance Program recipients shall be released to any federal, state
			 or local law enforcement officer if the individual is fleeing to avoid
			 prosecution, custody or confinement for a felony, the individual is violating a
			 condition of parole or probation, or has information necessary for the officer
			 to conduct an official duty related to a felony or parole/probation violation.
			 The officer must furnish the recipient's name and notify the agency that
			 locating or apprehending the individual is an official duty and the request is
			 being made in the proper exercise of an official duty. The information may be
			 disclosed or released only upon a oral or written request that contains (1) the
			 name of the requester, (2) the requester's position and authority, (3) crime
			 being investigated, (4) the name of the person on whom information is
			 requested, and (5) the information being requested.
(5) 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.
(6) 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.
(7) Family
			 Assistance (FA) 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. 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.
(8) Food stamp case records and other
			 confidential information may be 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 also be disclosed or released to the Comptroller
			 of the United States for audit purposes, as allowed by law, and to Federal,
			 State or local law enforcement officials investigating violations of the Food
			 Stamp Act or regulations.
(9) 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.