Purpose: This section will provide guidance about maintaining applicant and client information confidentiality

Current Policy Effective Date: April 1, 2006

Date Last Reviewed: May 16, 2007

Previous Policy:

POL M409: MAINTAINING APPLICANT AND CLIENT INFORMATION CONFIDENTIALITY

1. Information Relating to Specific Individuals Must Remain Confidential

The following information must remain confidential:

Names, addresses, and SSNs of applicants and clients. Documents naming an individual(s). Personal facts relating to an individual(s). Application. Receipt of benefits. Information relating to social and economic conditions of individual(s), including information from IRS, SSA, and other agencies. Safeguard information from other agencies in accordance with their procedures. Medical data, including psychological evaluations. Any information known about individual(s), but not part of case record(s) or document(s).