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Supervisors say custody of mental health advocate records needs clarification after state request
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Wright County staff reported officials are researching who is the custodian of mental health advocate records after a state request for information in the CSN system; the board was told counties may own advocate data, and the matter may require county attorney guidance.
Wright County officials on Monday discussed a request from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services for mental-health information stored in CSN and determined the county must clarify who legally holds custody of those advocate records.
Betty told the board that the county received a request — routed through the Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) — asking counties to authorize release of information from the Client Services Network (CSN) to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. Betty said the change in…
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