§ 9-2-125 — Client treatment records; confidentiality; limited disclosure permitted; definitions

(a) Client registration records and treatment records
relating to persons receiving mental health or substance abuse
treatment at a treatment facility under contract with the
department shall remain confidential, except as provided in this
section, W.S. 7-4-201(f), 28-8-107, 28-8-108 and 28-8-111.
(b) The content of any record specified in subsection (a)
of this section may be disclosed in accordance with the prior
written consent of the person who is the subject of the record,
but only to the extent, under the circumstances, and for the
purposes as are allowed under the terms of the written consent.
(c) The records specified in subsection (a) of this
section shall be provided by the treatment facility or by
another division within the department to the mental health
division or the substance abuse division for the purpose of
determining compliance with state or federal requirements and as
necessary to coordinate treatment for mental illness,
developmental disabilities, alcoholism or drug abuse.
(d) Treatment records of a person may be released without
informed written consent of the patient or his legal
representative in the following circumstances:
(i) To an agency as necessary for management or
financial audits, or program monitoring and evaluation.
Information obtained under this paragraph shall remain
confidential and may not be used in a manner that discloses the
name or other identifying information about the persons whose
records are being released;
(ii) For purposes of research as provided in W.S.