KRS 304.17A-555: Patient's right of privacy regarding mental health or chemical

dependency -- Authorized disclosure.

There is hereby recognized a patient's right of privacy in the content of a patient's record

and communications between a patient and a health care provider with regard to mental

health or chemical dependency.

(1) An insurer may request the provider to furnish the insurer only such limited

information concerning the patient from a patient's record as is necessary for

determining covered services and benefits, medical necessity, appropriateness, and

quality of care for authorization or continuation of mental health and chemical

dependency health services to be provided to the patient, or for payment for those

services.

(2) No third party to whom disclo sure of patient records is made by a provider may

redisclose or otherwise reveal the mental health and chemical dependency records

of a patient, beyond the purpose for which the disclosure was made, without first

obtaining the patient's specific written consent to the redisclosure.