Maine § 34-A §1216 Confidentiality of information

Maine Statutes

§ 34-A §1216 — Confidentiality of information

Maine § 34-A §1216

Title 34-ACORRECTIONS

Ch. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 34-A, § 34-A §1216 (2026).

Text

1.Limited disclosure. All orders of commitment, medical and administrative records, applications and reports, and facts contained in them, pertaining to any person receiving services from the department must be kept confidential and may not be disclosed by any person, except that public records must be disclosed in accordance with Title 1, section 408‑A; criminal history record information may be disseminated in accordance with Title 16, chapter 7; and documents other than those documents pertaining to information obtained by the department for the purpose of evaluating a client's ability to participate in a community-based program or from informants in a correctional or detention facility for the purpose of determining whether facility rules have been violated or pertaining to a victim's

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1.
Limited disclosure.
All orders of commitment, medical and administrative records, applications and reports, and facts contained in them, pertaining to any person receiving services from the department must be kept confidential and may not be disclosed by any person, except that public records must be disclosed in accordance with Title 1, section 408‑A; criminal history record information may be disseminated in accordance with Title 16, chapter 7; and documents other than those documents pertaining to information obtained by the department for the purpose of evaluating a client's ability to participate in a community-based program or from informants in a correctional or detention facility for the purpose of determining whether facility rules have been violated or pertaining to a victim's request for notice of release may, and must upon request, be disclosed:
2.
Release of certain information to victims.
Notwithstanding subsection 1, upon the request of a person who was the victim of a crime for which a client was incarcerated, as verified by the department or the prosecuting attorney, the department shall disclose the following information to the victim:
3.
Civil violation.
A person who discloses information in violation of this section commits a civil violation for which a fine not to exceed $1,000 may be adjudged.
4.
Disclosure of confidential information.
The disclosure of confidential information as provided by this section is also governed by Title 5, section 9057, subsection 6.
5.
Disclosure of information.
Nothing in this section permits or requires the disclosure of information to the extent it is designated confidential by another provision of law.
6.
Assessment tools.
Documents in the possession of the department used to screen or assess clients, including, but not limited to, questionnaires and test materials, are not public records for purposes of Title 1, chapter 13, subchapter 1. The department shall release these documents on request to any other state agency if necessary to carry out the statutory functions of that agency and to any committee or study commission established by the Legislature with authority to examine issues related to mental health.

Legislative History

PL 2003, c. 205, §10 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2005, c. 487, §§2-4 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 515, §2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 662, §22 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §27 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 424, Pt. B, §13 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 588, Pt. A, §44 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 470, §18 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 432, Pt. F, §2 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 365, §35 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 365, §37 (AFF).