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1-11 (b) The application and other personally identifiable information shall be kept confidential and not be disclosed, except as necessary to determine eligibility, to pay the provider, or as required by state or federal law. (i) The use or disclosure of information concerning clients shall be limited to purposes directly connected with: (A) The administration of DFS or SSI programs. Such purposes include establishing eligibility, determining the amount of the child care payment and approving the child care provider for payment. (B) Any investigation, prosecution, criminal or civil proceeding conducted in connection with the administration of such programs. (C) The administration of any other federal or federally assisted program which provides cash or in-kind assistance or services directly to individuals on the basis of need. (D) Any audit or similar activity conducted in connection with the administration of any such program by any governmental entity which is authorized by law to conduct such audit or activity. (E) The administration of the state unemployment compensation program. (F) The administration of the state’s worker’s compensation program as related to providers. (ii) DFS shall report to Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) the name and address and other identifying information on any individual who is known to be unlawfully in the U.S. (iii) Information to be treated as confidential, includes but not limited to: (A) The names and addresses of applicants/recipients and amount of child care payments provided. (B) Information related to the social and economic conditions, including homelessness, or circumstance of a particular individual, including information obtained from the Internal Revenue Services and Social Security Administration (SSA) which shall be safeguarded in accordance with procedures set forth by those agencies. (C) Agency evaluation of information about a particular individual. (D) Medical data, including psychological evaluations. All medical information shall be directly released by the medical professional. Medical information shall not be released without written authorization from the medical professional.