(a) A contractor may release information, orally or in writing, only if the contractor first obtains a written release of information from the program participant.
(b) Regardless of whether a written release of information from a program participant is obtained, the contractor must release information in order to comply with the applicable state laws to report abuse or suspected abuse of:
  (1) children;
  (2) the elderly; and
  (3) people with disabilities.

Source Note: The provisions of this §356.1318 adopted to be effective September 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 4309; transferred effective April 1, 2024, as published in the March 8, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 1507