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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54361</law_id><section_number>37.2-711</section_number><catch_line>Exchange of information</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="37.2">Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">State Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> and <span class="dictionary">state</span> facilities may exchange specific information about <span class="dictionary">individuals</span> who are receiving or who have received services with <span class="dictionary">community services boards</span> or behavioral health authorities to monitor the delivery, outcome, and effectiveness of services; however, no publicly available report or information produced or generated by them shall reveal the identity of any <span class="dictionary">individual</span> who is receiving or who has received services. Publicly available information shall be designed to prevent persons from being able to gain access to combinations of characteristic data elements about <span class="dictionary">individuals</span> who are receiving or who have received services that reasonably could be expected to reveal the identity of any <span class="dictionary">individual</span>. In <span class="dictionary">order</span> to collect unduplicated information, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, subject to all regulations adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> or by agencies of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> government that govern confidentiality of information about <span class="dictionary">individuals</span> who are receiving or who have received services, may require that the <span class="dictionary">individuals</span> disclose or furnish their social security numbers.</p></section></text><history>1985, c. 87, &#xA7; 37.1-98.2; 1999, c. 764; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
