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205.177 Information may be shared by state and local governmental agencies -- Conditions.

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205.177 Information may be shared by state and local governmental agencies -- Conditions. (1) Notwithstanding any existing state statute or regulation to the contrary, any pertinent information concerning individual clients, patients, or applicants in the <br>possession of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Cabinet for Health and Family <br>Services, Department of Education, or any other state or local governmental agency <br>may be shared with any authorized representative of any other state or local <br>governmental agency of similar function if the agency has a direct, tangible, <br>legitimate interest in the individual concerned or his or her immediate family. (2) Any state agency designated in subsection (1) of this section may share pertinent information concerning a client, patient, or applicant with any private or quasi-<br>private agency when such agency has an agreement with that state agency assuring <br>the confidentiality of all such information, and provided that the private or quasi-<br>private agency has a direct, tangible, legitimate interest in the individual concerned <br>or his or her immediate family. Effective: June 26, 2007 <br>History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 241, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 52, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 426, sec. 182, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, <br>sec. 45. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 269, sec. 1.