Confidentiality
Effective Mar 27, 2026Mass. Register #1570MGL c. 18B, §§ 2, 3, 4, 7, 15, 21 MGL c. 28A, § 6(c) MGL c. 71B MGL c. 119, §§ 23, 23G, 36, 39E through J, 51A through F, Appendix MGL c. 210Massachusetts Department of Children & Families
- (1) A receiving agency of the Commonwealth which has been requested to perform a home study by a sending agency shall release the information contained in the home study to the sending agency upon the same conditions as would apply if the sending agency were a Massachusetts agency with jurisdiction over the child to be placed.
- (2) The laws of the Commonwealth regarding confidentiality shall govern the release of information by the sending agency and the Compact Administrator.
- (3) See Confidentiality, generally at 110 CMR 12.00 et seq.