Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
PARENT/CHILD HEALTH
Chapter 246-710 - Children and youth with special health care needs (cyshcn) program
Section 246-710-110 - Data sharing
Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) The department's CYSHCN program has a federal mandate under Title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) to ensure that the HCA-medicaid program is made aware of medicaid-enrolled recipients of services through Title V. The purpose of this mandate is to ensure the medicaid agency is able to identify a child or youth who has special health care needs in order for the authority to offer care coordination and other services.
(2) The department shall take appropriate measures to safeguard any information gathered, and shall share information with only those agencies with a legitimate need to know or to comply with federal law. Consent to share client information with agencies outside of the local CYSHCN agency requires a separate release of information form signed by the parent or guardian.
(3) The department may create and release data files for public use, provided that these files do not contain any direct or indirect patient identifiers.
(4) The following definitions apply for the purpose of this section:
