- (a) responsibilities of staff to safeguard information pursuant to statute, regulation and policy;
- (b) procedures for properly informing clients of records collection, access, utilization and dissemination;
- (c) policies and practices relating to the safeguarding of confidential information by the agency;
- (d) procedures relating to employee access to information; and
- (e) disciplinary actions for violations of confidentiality statutes, regulations and policies.
The New York State Department of Social Services, local social services districts, and other authorized agencies shall disseminate to staff a policy and procedures manual establishing and describing: