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The Department may make such information available only to public officials and agencies of this Commonwealth, and other states, and political subdivisions of this Commonwealth and other states, where the request for information relates to administration of the various public assistance or social services programs.B\n\nThe Department shall provide, to the Department of Medical Assistance Services and to certain entities approved by the Board of Medical Assistance Services, access to information regarding a medical assistance applicant’s receipt of public assistance from programs administered by the Department. 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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 9 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1981, chapter 21; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 111<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":270675,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68010,"identifier":"63.2-101","token":"63.2\/I\/1\/63.2-101","url":"\/63.2-101\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-101\/","token":"63.2\/I\/1\/63.2-101","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of Department to request and receive information from other agencies; use of information so obtained; provide access to information for medical assistance eligibility purposes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-101","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span> may request and shall receive from the records of all departments<\/span>, boards<\/span>, bureaus or other agencies of this Commonwealth and of other states such information as is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions and programs of this title, and the same are authorized to provide such information; provided that, a written statement from the requesting party<\/span> stating the reason for seeking such record is submitted and filed with the record sought. The Department<\/span> may make such information available only to public officials and agencies of this Commonwealth, and other states, and political subdivisions of this Commonwealth and other states, where the request for information relates to administration of the various public assistance<\/span> or social services<\/span> programs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall provide, to the Department<\/span> of Medical Assistance Services and to certain entities approved by the Board<\/span> of Medical Assistance Services, access to information regarding a medical assistance applicant’s receipt of public assistance<\/span> from programs administered by the Department<\/span>. Such access shall be limited to information necessary to determine an individual’s eligibility for medical assistance services and to the extent specified in a memorandum<\/span> of understanding between the Department<\/span> and the Department<\/span> of Medical Assistance Services. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT TO REQUEST AND RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM OTHER AGENCIES;\nUSE OF INFORMATION SO OBTAINED; PROVIDE ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR MEDICAL\nASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY PURPOSES (\u00a7 63.2-101)\n\nA. The Department may request and shall receive from the records of all\ndepartments, boards, bureaus or other agencies of this Commonwealth and of other\nstates such information as is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the\nprovisions and programs of this title, and the same are authorized to provide\nsuch information; provided that, a written statement from the requesting party\nstating the reason for seeking such record is submitted and filed with the\nrecord sought. The Department may make such information available only to public\nofficials and agencies of this Commonwealth, and other states, and political\nsubdivisions of this Commonwealth and other states, where the request for\ninformation relates to administration of the various public assistance or social\nservices programs.\n\nB. The Department shall provide, to the Department of Medical Assistance\nServices and to certain entities approved by the Board of Medical Assistance\nServices, access to information regarding a medical assistance applicant’s\nreceipt of public assistance from programs administered by the Department. Such\naccess shall be limited to information necessary to determine an\nindividual’s eligibility for medical assistance services and to the extent\nspecified in a memorandum of understanding between the Department and the\nDepartment of Medical Assistance Services.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 9, \u00a7 63.1-1.1:1; 1981, c. 21; 2002, c. 747; 2016, c. 111.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}