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228-5
228.5 ADMINISTRATIVE DISCLOSURES.
1. An individual or an individual's legal representative shall be
informed that mental health information relating to the individual
may be disclosed to employees or agents of or for the same mental
health facility or to other providers of professional services or
their employees or agents if and to the extent necessary to
facilitate the provision of administrative and professional services
to the individual.
2. a. If an individual eighteen years of age or older or an
individual's legal representative has received a written notification
that a fee is due a mental health professional or a mental health
facility and has failed to arrange for payment of the fee within a
reasonable time after the notification, the mental health
professional or mental health facility may disclose administrative
information necessary for the collection of the fee to a person or
agency providing collection services.
b. If a civil action is filed for the collection of the fee,
additional mental health information shall not be disclosed in the
litigation, except to the extent necessary to respond to a motion of
the individual or the individual's legal representative for greater
specificity or to dispute a defense or counterclaim.
3. A mental health professional or an employee of or agent for a
mental health facility may disclose mental health information if
necessary for the purpose of conducting scientific and data research,
management audits, or program evaluations of the mental health
professional or mental health facility, to persons who have
demonstrated and provided written assurances of their ability to
ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter. The persons
shall not identify, directly or indirectly, an individual in any
report of the research, audits, or evaluations, or otherwise disclose
individual identities in any manner. A disclosure under this section
is not subject to the requirements of section 228.2, subsection 2,
with the exception that a person receiving mental health information
under this section shall be provided a statement prohibiting
redisclosure of information unless otherwise authorized by this
chapter.
4. Mental health information relating to an individual may be
disclosed to other providers of professional services or their
employees or agents if and to the extent necessary to facilitate the
provision of administrative and professional services to the
individual. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1082, § 5; 88 Acts, ch 1226, § 8; 96 Acts, ch 1213, §
33, 34; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263
Referred to in § 228.2
