Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-146g: Access to communications and records by individuals engaged in research.

(a) An individual engaged in research may have access to a communication and record that identifies a person or patient where needed for such research, if such individual's research plan is first submitted to and approved by the director of the mental health facility or such director's designee.

(b) The communication and record shall not be removed from the mental health facility that prepared them. Coded data or data that does not identify a person or patient may be removed from a mental health facility, provided the key to the code shall remain on the premises of the facility.

(c) The mental health facility and the individual doing the research shall be responsible for the preservation of the anonymity of each person or patient identified in such communication and record and shall not disseminate data that identifies a person or patient except as provided by sections 52-146d to 52-146j, inclusive.