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SSA logo: link to Social Security Online home  §401.20 Scope.

(a) Privacy. Sections 401.30 through 401.95, which set out SSA's rules for implementing the Privacy Act, apply to all agency records accessed by an individual's name or personal identifier subject to the Privacy Act.

(b) Disclosure—(1) Program records. Regulations that apply to the disclosure of information about an individual contained in SSA's program records are set out in §§401.100 through 401.200 of this part. These regulations also apply to the disclosure of other Federal program information which SSA maintains. That information includes:

(i) Health insurance records which SSA maintains for the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) programs under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. We will disclose these records to HCFA. HCFA may redisclose these records under the regulations applying to records in HCFA's custody;

(ii) Black lung benefit records which SSA maintains for the administration of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act; (However, this information is not covered by section 1106 of the Social Security Act.) and

(iii) Records kept by consultants. Information retained by a medical, psychological or vocational professional concerning an examination performed under contract in the social security program shall not be disclosed except as permitted by this part.

(2) Nonprogram records. Section 401.110 sets out rules applicable to the disclosure of nonprogram records, e.g., SSA's administrative and personnel records.

[62 FR 4143, Jan. 29, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 16812, Mar. 30, 2000]

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