The Board of Community Health is directed to prescribe regulations governing the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, files, and communications of the Department of Community Health relating to applicants for and recipients of medical assistance. Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 49-4-151, such regulations shall provide safeguards restricting the use or disclosure of information concerning applicants for or recipients of medical assistance to purposes directly connected with the administration of the state plan. No person who obtains information by virtue of any such regulations shall use such information for commercial or political purposes, and any person seeking such information shall certify to the commissioner of community health, in writing, that the information obtained will not be used for commercial or political purposes.
History. Ga. L. 1977, p. 384, § 10; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 24.
Structure Georgia Code
Article 7 - Medical Assistance Generally
§ 49-4-142.1. Legislative Notification of Request for Waiver
§ 49-4-142.2. Expansion of Medicaid Eligibility Through an Increase in the Income Threshold
§ 49-4-142.5. Waiver Request Allowing Medicaid Reimbursement
§ 49-4-143. Power of Board of Community Health; Board of Medical Assistance Abolished
§ 49-4-144. Chief Administrative Officer; Powers and Duties
§ 49-4-145. Time Limitations on Claims for Assistance; Form of Claims
§ 49-4-146. Time for Action on Claim
§ 49-4-146.3. Civil Forfeiture of Property and Proceeds Obtained Through Medicaid Fraud
§ 49-4-147. Enforcement of Liens, Claims, or Offsets Against Assistance
§ 49-4-147.1. Claims by Department Against Estate of Medicaid Recipients
§ 49-4-150. Regulations as to Maintenance and Use of Records; Certificate as to Use of Information
§ 49-4-151. Obtaining Information for Investigations and Audits
§ 49-4-151.1. Errors or Omissions in Reporting; Right to Hearing; Exclusion
§ 49-4-152.1. Medicaid Prescription Drug Bidding and Rebate Program
§ 49-4-152.3. Reuse of Unit Dosage Drugs
§ 49-4-152.4. Department Contracts to Require Refund of Prescription Drug Rebates
§ 49-4-152.6. Medicaid Coverage for Mood Disorders Prescriptions
§ 49-4-156.1. Reimbursement for Services Rendered Under Article 5 of Chapter 6 of This Title
§ 49-4-157. Construction of This Article With Federal Act
§ 49-4-159. Medicaid Coverage for Lactation and Postpartum Care