Confidentiality and Social Services
Dozens of federal and state laws govern the acquisition,
use, protection, and disclosure of confidential information
by state and county social services agencies.
This website identifies resources that may assist social
services attorneys determine whether particular types
of information or records are considered confidential
and when confidential information and records may be
obtained, used, or disclosed by state and county social
services agencies.
School of Government Publications
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restrictions and ordering
information for these publications.]
Confidentiality
and Social Services (Part VI): Collection, Use, and
Disclosure of Social Security Numbers
Confidentiality
and Social Services (Part V): The HIPAA Privacy Rule
& County Social Services Departments, Social
Services Bulletin # 38, August, 2003
Confidentiality
and Social Services (Part IV): An Annotated Index
of Federal and State Confidentiality Laws, Social
Services Bulletin #37, October, 2002
[Note: The administrative rules
cited in this bulletin were renumbered after this
bulletin was published. The bulletin has not been
updated to reflect the recodification of these administrative
rules or to include new or amended laws and regulations
adopted after the bulletin was published.]
Confidentiality
and Social Services (Part III): A Process for Analyzing
Issues Involving Confidentiality, Social Services
Bulletin # 35, April, 2002
Confidentiality
and Social Services (Part II): Where Do Confidentiality
Rules Come From? Social Services Bulletin # 31,
May, 2001
Confidentiality
and Social Services (Part I): What Is Confidentiality? Social Services Bulletin # 30, February, 2001
Privacy
and the Law, Popular Government, Spring, 2002
An
Overview of Protected and Public Information in North
Carolina, Popular Government, Spring, 2002
Privacy
and Public School Students, Popular Government, Spring, 2002
What’s
Public and What’s Not, School Law Bulletin Vol.
32, No. 1 (Winter 2001)
The
Fourth Amendment, Privacy, and Law Enforcement, Popular
Government, Spring, 2002
Privacy
and Computer Security: Nine Questions, Popular
Government, Spring, 2002
Health
Privacy: The New Federal Framework, Popular Government,
Spring, 2002
Other Institute of Government Resources
The
HIPAA Privacy Rule: Institute of Government Training
Materials for N.C. Social Services Agencies
The
HIPAA Privacy Rule: Institute of Government Resources
for N.C. Local Human Services Agencies
Disclosure
of Confidential Information to DSS in Child Welfare
Cases
Who
Gets To Know? Child Welfare and Confidentialtiy (PowerPoint)
Child
Welfare and Confidentiality, Case Problems and Answers
Disclosure
of Confidential Information: An Analytical Framework
State and Federal Statutes, Regulations, and Cases
Other Resources
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