| 16 | | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2016) (a) For the purposes of this section, "person" means (1) any employee of a public agency, as defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes, or (2) any contractor that has entered into a state contract with any such public agency. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person shall solicit, disclose, receive or make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce in the use of, any list of the names of, or any information (A) concerning individuals applying for or receiving assistance from the Department of Housing or individuals participating in a program administered by said department, and (B) directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files or communications of the state or any political subdivision or agency of the state, or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties of any such agency or political subdivision. The prohibition set forth in this subsection shall not apply to any solicitation, disclosure, receipt or use of, or authorization for use of, such list or information for purposes directly connected with the administration of programs of the Department of Housing and made in accordance with any regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Housing. |
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| 16 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2016) (a) For purposes of this section, "person" means any employee of a public agency, as defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes, or any contractor that has entered into a state contract with such public agency. No person shall, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of programs of the Department of Housing and in accordance with the regulations of the commissioner, solicit, disclose, receive or make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce in the use of, any list of the names of, or any information concerning, individuals applying for or receiving assistance from the Department of Housing or individuals participating in a program administered by said department, directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files or communications of the state or its subdivisions or agencies, or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties. The Commissioner of Housing shall disclose (1) to any authorized representative of the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services any information necessary for the implementation and operation of the basic needs supplement program; (2) to any authorized representative of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or the Commissioner of Social Services such information as the Commissioner of Housing determines is directly related to and necessary for the Department of Administrative Services, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or the Department of Social Services to collect social services recoveries and overpayments or amounts due as support in social services cases, investigating social services fraud or locating absent parents of public assistance recipients; (3) to any authorized representative of the Commissioner of Children and Families necessary information concerning a child or the immediate family of a child, including safety net services, if (A) the Commissioner of Children and Families or the Commissioner of Housing has determined that imminent danger to such child's health, safety or welfare exists to obtain the services of the family services programs administered by the Department of Children and Families, or (B) the Commissioner of Children and Families requires access to the federal Parent Locator Service established pursuant to 88 Stat. 2353 (1975), 42 USC 653 in order to identify a parent or putative parent of a child; (4) to any authorized representative of the Commissioner of Early Childhood to carry out his or her respective responsibilities under programs that regulate child day care services or youth camps; (5) to a health insurance provider, in IV-D support cases, as defined in subdivision (13) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231 of the general statutes, information concerning a child and the custodial parent of such child that is necessary to enroll such child in a health insurance plan available through such provider when the noncustodial parent of such child is under court order to provide health insurance coverage but is unable to provide such information, provided the Commissioner of Housing determines, after providing prior notice of the disclosure to such custodial parent and an opportunity for such parent to object, that such disclosure is in the best interests of the child; (6) to any authorized representative of the Department of Correction, in IV-D support cases, as defined in subdivision (13) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231 of the general statutes, information concerning noncustodial parents that is necessary to identify inmates or parolees with IV-D support cases who may benefit from Department of Correction educational, training, skill building, work or rehabilitation programming that will significantly increase an inmate's or parolee's ability to fulfill such inmate's support obligation; (7) to any authorized representative of the Judicial Branch, in IV-D support cases, as defined in subdivision (13) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231 of the general statutes, information concerning noncustodial parents that is necessary to: (A) Identify noncustodial parents with IV-D support cases who may benefit from educational, training, skill building, work or rehabilitation programming that will significantly increase such parent's ability to fulfill such parent's support obligation, (B) assist in the administration of the Title IV-D child support program, or (C) assist in the identification of cases involving family violence; (8) to any authorized representative of the State Treasurer, in IV-D support cases, as defined in subdivision (13) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231 of the general statutes, information that is necessary to identify child support obligors who owe overdue child support prior to the Treasurer's payment of such obligors' claim for any property unclaimed or presumed abandoned under part III of chapter 32 of the general statutes; or (9) to any authorized representative of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management any information necessary for the implementation and operation of the renters rebate program established by section 12-170d of the general statutes. No person shall disclose any information obtained pursuant to this section, except as specified in this section. Any applicant for assistance provided through the Department of Housing shall be notified that, if and when such applicant receives benefits, the department will be providing law enforcement officials with the address of such applicant upon the request of any such official pursuant to section 2 of this act. |
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