{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-16-805","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-16-805","heading":"Disclosure of information allowed for certain purposes.","body":"(1) To the extent provided in 39-71-604 and 50-16-527, a signed claim for workers' compensation or occupational disease benefits authorizes disclosure to the workers' compensation insurer, as defined in 39-71-116, by the health care provider.\n(2) A health care provider may disclose health care information about an individual for law enforcement purposes if the disclosure is to:\n(a) federal, state, or local law enforcement authorities to the extent required by law; or\n(b) a law enforcement officer about the general physical condition of a patient being treated in a health care facility if the patient was injured by the possible criminal act of another.\n(3) A health care provider may disclose health care information to a fetal, infant, child, and maternal mortality review team for the purposes of 50-19-402.\n(4) A health care employer, as defined in 39-2-221, may disclose information contained in written reports pursuant to 39-2-221 to the department of justice for data collection and reporting purposes.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 16. HEALTH CARE INFORMATION","Part 8. Health Care Information Privacy Requirements for Providers Subject to HIPAA"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0160/part_0080/section_0050/0500-0160-0080-0050.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:17Z","sha256":"44751ad951c9092e23d35bbee11346f0a68e64cbf0c86787c630c3a9fff42cf9","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-16-804","next":"us-mt/50-16-806"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}