UPM 1020 - Disclosure of Information

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCEPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 4-1-87 Transmittal: UP-87-1 1020 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Rights and Responsibilities POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC Disclosure of Information AABD _______________________________________________________________ MA Subject: FS

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1020 The assistance unit is required to disclose personal and financial information to the Department in order to establish and maintain eligibility under any program which the Department administers. The Department is required by federal and state law to restrict the use or disclosure of information it has pertaining to the assistance unit to purposes directly connected with the administration of the particular program.

In this chapter the Department's policy regarding the assistance unit's right to confidentiality is explained in detail. Among the items covered include:

° Types of information to be safeguarded;

° Releasing information;

° Publicizing safeguarding requirements;

° Distributing informational material to the assistance unit.