2.2-5210 - Information sharing; confidentiality. - Virginia Statutes

§ 2.2-5210. Information sharing; confidentiality.

All public agencies that have served a family or treated a child referred toa family assessment and planning team shall cooperate with this team. Theagency that refers a youth and family to the team shall be responsible forobtaining the consent required to share agency client information with theteam. After obtaining the proper consent, all agencies shall promptlydeliver, upon request and without charge, such records of services, treatmentor education of the family or child as are necessary for a full and informedassessment by the team.

Proceedings held to consider the appropriate provision of services andfunding for a particular child or family or both who have been referred tothe family assessment and planning team and whose case is being assessed bythis team or reviewed by the community management and planning team shall beconfidential and not open to the public, unless the child and family who arethe subjects of the proceeding request, in writing, that it be open. Allinformation about specific children and families obtained by the team membersin the discharge of their responsibilities to the team shall be confidential.

Utilizing a secure electronic database, the CPMT and the family assessmentand planning team shall provide the Office of Comprehensive Services forAt-Risk Youth and Families with client-specific information from themandatory uniform assessment and information in accordance with subdivision D11 of § 2.2-2648.

(1992, cc. 837, 880, § 2.1-756; 2001, c. 844; 2008, c. 277.)