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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-319—MAY 23, 1986

100 STAT. 481

(B) which sheill include attorneys, mental health professionals, individuals from the public who are knowledgeable about mental illness, a provider of mental health services, individuals who have received or are receiving mental health services, and family members of such individuals, and at least one-half the membership of which shall be comprised of individuals who have received or are receiving mental health services or who are family members of such individuals; and (7) on January 1, 1987, and January 1 of each succeeding year, prepare and transmit to the Secretary and the head of the State mental health agency of the State in which the system is located a report describing the activities, accomplishments, and expenditures of the system during the most recently completed fiscal year. (b) The Secretary and the agency of a State which administers its State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act shall provide the eligible system of the State with a copy of each annual survey report and plan of corrections for cited deficiencies made pursuant to titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to any facility rendering care or treatment to mentally ill individuals in the State in which such system is located. A report or plan shall be made available within 30 days after the completion of the report or plan.

Reports.

42 USC 1396.

42 USC 1395. Reports.

ACCESS TO RECORDS

SEC. 106. (a) An eligible system which, pursuant to section 105(a)(4), has access to records which, under Federal or State law, are required to be maintained in a confidential manner by a provider of mental health services, shall, except as provided in subsection (b), maintain the confidentiality of such records to the same extent as is required of the provider of such services. (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an eligible system which has access to records pursuant to section 105(a)(4) may not disclose information from such records to the individual who is the subject of the information if the mental health professional responsible for supervising the provision of mental health services to such individual has provided the system with a written determination that disclosure of such information to such individual would be detrimental to such individual's health. (2)(A) If disclosure of information has been denied under paragraph (1) to an individual— (i) such individual; (ii) the legal guardian, conservator, or other legal representative of such individual; or (iii) an eligible system, acting on behalf of an individual described in subparagraph (B), may select another mental health professional to review such information and to determine if disclosure of such information would be detrimental to such individual's health. If such mental health professional determines, based on professional judgment, that disclosure of such information would not be detrimental to the health of such individual, the system may disclose such information to such individual. (B) An eligible system may select a mental health professional under subparagraph (A)(iii) on behalf of— (i) an individual whose legal guardian is the State; or

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State and local governments. Classified information. 42 USC 10806.