205.796 Divulging of information by employees or agents of the Commonwealth -- Penalties for unauthorized disclosure. (Effective until July 1, 2025) No employee or agent of the Commonwealth shall divulge any information referred to in KRS 205.71 5 to 205.800, except in the manner prescribed in KRS 205.715 to 205.800 to any public or private agency or individual; provided, however, that information may be disclosed and shared by and between any employee of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and any designee, local administering agency, or any local housing authority for the purpose of verifying eligibility and detecting and preventing fraud, error, and abuse in the programs included in the reporting system. Unauthorized disclosure of any information shall be a violation that is punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) per offense; except that the unauthorized release of the information about any individual shall be a separate offense from information released about any other individ ual. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 272, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 45, effective July 15, 1998.
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