Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-2-224
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Collection of information for administrative purposes -
Official statutory text
Confidentiality.
A. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
shall have the authority to collect information sufficient to meet
the administration’s needs related to oversight, management,
evaluation, performance improvement and auditing of mental health,
and substance abuse services and combating and preventing mental
illness and substance abuse.
B. The individual forms, computer tapes and other forms of data
collected by and furnished to the Department shall be confidential
and shall not be public records as defined in the Oklahoma Open
Records Act.
Except as otherwise provided by state and federal
confidentiality laws, identifying information shall not be disclosed
and shall not be used for any public purpose other than the creation
and maintenance of anonymous datasets for statistical reporting and
data analysis.
A. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
shall have the authority to collect information sufficient to meet
the administration’s needs related to oversight, management,
evaluation, performance improvement and auditing of mental health,
and substance abuse services and combating and preventing mental
illness and substance abuse.
B. The individual forms, computer tapes and other forms of data
collected by and furnished to the Department shall be confidential
and shall not be public records as defined in the Oklahoma Open
Records Act.
Except as otherwise provided by state and federal
confidentiality laws, identifying information shall not be disclosed
and shall not be used for any public purpose other than the creation
and maintenance of anonymous datasets for statistical reporting and
data analysis.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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