KRS 15.868: Divulging of information by employees or agents of the Commonwealth --

Penalties for unauthorized disclosure.

No employee or agent of the Commonwealth shall divulge any information referred to in

KRS 15.800 to 15.876, except in the m anner prescribed in KRS 15.800 to 15.876 to any

public or private agency or individual; provided, however, that information may be

disclosed and shared by and between any employee of the Office of the Attorney General

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 individual.