KRS 205.177: Information may be shared by state and local governmental agencies --

Conditions.

(1) Notwithstanding any existing state statute or regulation to the contrary, any

pertinent information concerning individual clients, patients, or applicants in the

possession of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Cabinet for Health and Family

Services, Department of Education, or any other state or local governmental agency

may be shared with any authorized representative of any other state or local

governmental age ncy of similar function if the agency has a direct, tangible,

legitimate interest in the individual concerned or his or her immediate family.

(2) Any state agency designated in subsection (1) of this section may share pertinent

information concerning a cli ent, patient, or applicant with any private or quasi -

private agency when such agency has an agreement with that state agency assuring

the confidentiality of all such information, and provided that the private or quasi -

private agency has a direct, tangible, legitimate interest in the individual concerned

or his or her immediate family.