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1996 SESSION
960554297Patrons-- Hull, Almand, Connally, Crittenden, Darner, Keating, May, Mims, Plum, Puller and Watts; Senators: Houck and Ticer
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 63.1-53 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 63.1-53. Allowing access to records; penalty.
All records and statistical registries of the State Department of Social
Services and of the local boards and other information, which records,
registries and information pertain to assistance and services provided any
individual, shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except to persons
having a legitimate interest and persons specified hereinafter and in §
63.1-209. Upon receipt of a request and documentation of an indictment or
issuance of a warrant, local boards and the State Department of Social Services
may disclose [ to the requesting law-enforcement agency,
information from client records that will assist in locating from
client records, to the requesting law-enforcement agency, the address of ]
an individual who has been indicted or for whom a warrant has been issued.
The local boards shall allow the Commissioner, the Commissioner of the
Virginia Department for the Visually Handicapped, and duly authorized agents
and employees of each, at all times, to have access to the records of the local
boards relating to the appropriation, expenditure and distribution of funds
for, and other matters concerning, assistance and services under this title.
Except as to the Commissioner, the Commissioner of the Virginia Department for
the Visually Handicapped, and duly authorized agents and employees of each,
records and credit information shall be made available as aforesaid only on an
individual basis and the person, firm or corporation shall name the individual
whose record is requested. No record shall be made available except for
purposes directly connected with the administration of the public welfare
program. No record shall be made available to any person filing a list or lists
of employment opportunities with a local board or superintendent pursuant to
the provisions of Chapter 6.2 (§ 63.1-133.7 et seq.) of this title. It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or association to use any
name or list of names obtained directly or indirectly through access to such
records for commercial or political purposes, or to publish the name of any
child receiving assistance under the provisions of § 63.1-56, and any
person violating these provisions shall be guilty of a Class [
one 1 ] misdemeanor and punished accordingly.