§ 9-2-126 — 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; (iii) Within the treatment facility where the client is receiving treatment as necessary for the provision of mental health or substance abuse services; (iv) To a licensed physician or a licensed health care provider who has determined that the life or health of the client is in danger and that treatment without the information contained in the treatment records could be injurious to the client's health. Disclosure under this paragraph shall be limited to the portions of the records necessary to meet the medical emergency; (v) To a treatment facility that is to receive the client from another treatment facility. The release of records under this subsection shall be limited to the treatment records required by law and those treatment records as necessary for the provision of mental health and substance abuse services; (vi) To a correctional facility, the board of parole, a corrections employee or contractor who is responsible for the supervision of a person who is receiving mental health or substance abuse services. Release of records under this paragraph is limited to and as follows: (A) An evaluation report provided pursuant to a written supervision plan; (B) The discharge summary, including a record or summary of all somatic treatments, at the termination of any treatment provided as part of the supervision plan; (C) When a person is returned from a treatment facility to a correctional facility or when a person under the supervision of the department of corrections is receiving mental health or substance abuse services from a treatment facility, the information provided under paragraph (v) of this subsection

Disclosure under this paragraph shall be made to clinical staff
only;
(D) Any information necessary to establish or
implement changes in the person's treatment plan or the level or
kind of supervision as determined by the department of
corrections, the contractor or the board of parole. In cases
involving a person transferred back to a correctional facility,
disclosure under this paragraph shall be made to clinical staff
only.
(vii) To the person's legal representative or
guardian ad litem, without modification, at any time in order to
prepare for involuntary commitment or recommitment proceedings,
reexaminations, appeals or other actions relating to detention,
admission, commitment or patient's rights;
(viii) Pursuant to lawful search warrant or other
order issued by a court.
(e) The department shall develop and maintain an
information system to be used by the department and its
divisions that includes a tracking method which allows the
department and its divisions to identify mental health and
substance abuse clients' participation in any mental health or
substance abuse services on an immediate basis. The information
system shall not include individual client's case history files.
Confidentiality of client information shall be maintained to
avoid identification of individual clients. The data elements
shall be designed to provide information that is needed to
measure performance and achieve service outcomes.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit
the compilation and publication of statistical data for use by
government or researchers under standards, including standards
to assure maintenance of confidentiality, as established by rule
and regulation of the department.
(g) As used in W.S. 9-2-125 and 9-2-126:
(i) "Department" means the department of health;
(ii) "Individually identifiable" means that a record
contains information which reveals or can likely be associated
with the identity of the person or persons to whom the record
pertains;
(iii) "Legal representative" means a person legally
authorized to give consent for the disclosure of personal
records on behalf of a minor or a legally incompetent adult;
(iv) "Registration records" means the records of the
department, treatment facilities and other persons providing
treatment services under contract with the department which
identify persons who are receiving or who at any time have
received treatment services for mental illness or substance
abuse with monies provided under contract with the department;
(v) "Research" means a planned and systematic
sociological, psychological, epidemiological or other scientific
investigation carried out by a state agency, by a scientific
research professional with a bona fide scientific research
organization or by a graduate student currently enrolled in an
academic degree curriculum, with an objective to contribute to
scientific knowledge, the solution to health problems or the
evaluation of public benefit and service programs. "Research"
does not include record analysis and data collection that are
subjective, do not permit replication and are not designed to
yield reliable and valid results;
(vi) "Treatment facility" means any community based
program or service provider providing mental health or substance
abuse services under contract with the department;
(vii) "Treatment records" means registration, health
care and all other records, in any form or medium, concerning
persons who are receiving or who at any time have received
mental health or substance abuse services from a treatment
facility or other persons under contract with the department.