10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 351, § 26-7

Current through 2024-25, June 19, 2024
Section 144-351-26-7 - SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF COMPUTERIZED SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM
A. Department personnel shall be permitted access to and use of data only to the extent necessary to carry out Title IV-D functions.
B. Specific data which may be used for particular IV-D program purposes shall be permitted to be accessed only by specific personnel.
C. Information may be exchanged with State and Tribal agencies administering programs under Titles IV, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, and SNAP, to the extent necessary to carry out those State and Tribal agency responsibilities under such programs in accordance with section 654 a(f)(3) of the Social Security Act, and to the extent that it does not interfere with the Department meeting its obligations under Title IV-D.
D. Disclosure of National Directory of New Hires (NONE), Federal Case Registry (FCR), financial institution, and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) information outside of the Title IV-D program is prohibited except that:
(1) IRS information is restricted as specified in the Internal Revenue Code;
(2) Independently verified information other than financial institution information may be released to authorized persons;
(3) NDNH and FCR information may be disclosed without independent verification to Title IV-B and Title IV-E agencies to locate parents and putative fathers for the purposes of establishing parentage or establishing parental rights with respect to a child;
(4) NDNH and FCR information may be disclosed without independent verification to Title IV-D, IV-A, IV-B and IV-E agencies for the purpose of assisting to carry out their responsibilities to administer Title IV-D, IV-A, IV-B and IV-E programs.

10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 351, § 26-7