Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-146h: Transfer of information to Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Storage of communication and record.

(a) Any facility or individual under contract with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to provide behavioral health services shall transmit a communication and record, if requested, to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services pursuant to such facility's or individual's obligation under section 17a-451 to maintain the overall responsibility for the care and treatment of individuals with psychiatric disorders or substance use disorders. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may collect and use the communication and record for administration, planning or research, subject to the provisions of section 52-146g. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may enter into contracts within the state and into interstate compacts for the efficient storage and retrieval of the communication and record.

(b) Identifiable data shall be removed from each communication and record before issuance from the individual or facility that prepared such communication and record, and a code, the key to which shall remain in possession of the issuing facility and be otherwise available only to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services for purposes of planning, administration or research, shall be the exclusive means of identifying persons and patients. The key to the code shall not be available to any data banks in which the information is stored or to any other individuals, corporations or agencies, private or governmental.