HB 6692

Abstract

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Adds prisons operated by the Department of Corrections and mental health facilities operated by a county to the list of entities that may disclose a recipient's record or communications, without consent, to another entity on the list for the purpose of admission, treatment, planning, or discharge. Provides that no records or communications may be disclosed to a State prison unless the Department has entered into a written agreement with the State prison to ensure that the records and communications disclosed are disclosed only to the proper persons. Effective immediately.