(1) Except as otherwise authorized by section 19-1-303 or 19-1-304 (8), all records prepared or obtained by the department of human services in the course of carrying out its duties pursuant to article 2 of this title are confidential and privileged. Said records may be disclosed only:
To the parents, legal guardian, legal custodian, attorney for the juvenile, district attorney, guardian ad litem, law enforcement official, and probation officer;
In communications between appropriate personnel in the course of providing
services or in order to facilitate appropriate referrals for services;
To the extent necessary to make application for or to make claims on behalf of thejuvenile who is eligible to receive aid, insurance, federal or state assistance, or medical assistance;
To the court as necessary for the administration of the provisions of article 2 of this
title;
To persons authorized by court order after notice and a hearing, to the juvenile, andto the custodian of the record;
For research or evaluation purposes pursuant to rules regarding research or evaluationpromulgated by the department of human services. Any rules so promulgated shall require that persons receiving information for research or evaluation purposes are required to keep such information confidential; and
To the department of revenue pursuant to sections 39-22-120 and 39-22-2003, C.R.S.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the effect of any other provision of this part 3 which requires the confidentiality of records under the control of the department of human services.
Source: L. 96: Entire part added with relocations, p. 1163, § 6, effective January 1, 1997.
L. 98, 2nd Ex. Sess.: (1)(e) and (1)(f) amended and (1)(g) added, p. 7, § 3, effective September 16. L. 99: (1)(g) amended, p. 1317, § 4, effective August 4. L. 2015: IP(1) amended, (HB 151131), ch. 164, p. 499, § 1, effective May 8.
Editor's note: (1) This section was formerly numbered as 19-2-1104.5.
(2) Section 4 of chapter 164 (HB 15-1131), Session Laws of Colorado 2015, provides that changes to this section by the act apply to critical incidents that occur on or after January 1, 2014.