Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 1 - General Administrative Procedures › Chapter 1 - Confidentiality › Section III-103 - Confidential Information

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  Applications for assistance and information contained in case records of
				  clients of the Division of Family Services of the Louisiana Health and Human
				  Resources Administration shall be confidential and it shall be unlawful for any
				  person to solicit, disclose, receive, make use of, or to authorize, knowingly
				  permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of applications or client case
				  records or the information contained therein for any purpose not directly
				  connected with the administration of the Family Services Program.
B. Publication of lists of names of clients
				  or applicants is prohibited.
C. The
				  following information shall not be subject to waiver, and shall not be released
				  to applicants, recipients, or outside sources, except those outside sources
				  engaged in the administration of the Family Services Program:
1. records pertaining to foster care of
				  children, investigations of abuse or neglect of children, and other child
				  welfare services;
2. information
				  furnished to the Division of Family Services by persons, governmental agencies,
				  or other legal entities when such furnisher of information is subject to a
				  confidentiality statute or regulation which prohibits release of such
				  information to an outside source. For this provision to be applicable the
				  limitations of the furnisher's confidentiality statute should be indicated on
				  the material;
3. information in
				  case records pertaining to the Food Stamp Program except that state agencies
				  may make available upon request to any federal, state or local law enforcement
				  officer, the address, Social Security number, and (if available) photograph of
				  a food stamp recipient if the officer furnishes the recipient's name and
				  notifies the agency that the individual is fleeing to avoid prosecution,
				  custody, or confinement for a felony, is violating a condition of parole or
				  probation, or has information necessary for the officer to conduct an official
				  duty related to a felony/parole violation;
4. information contained in applications for
				  assistance and case records that is furnished to all enforcement agencies or
				  courts to aid in the prosecution of criminal offenses related to any family
				  services program;
5. information
				  pertaining to adoption of children shall be strictly confidential and shall
				  only be released to courts of competent jurisdiction in accordance with
				  existing laws;
6. information
				  pertaining to foster care of children, reports and investigations on abuse or
				  neglect of children, and records of other child welfare services, shall not be
				  subject to subpoena in any judicial proceeding for legal separation, for
				  divorce, or for custody of children incidental to a proceeding for legal
				  separation or divorce, and in the event of the issuance of a subpoena for such
				  information, or for any representative or employee of the Louisiana Health and
				  Human Resources Administration to testify concerning an applicant or client in
				  any such proceeding, the court's attention shall be called to this.