(A) The department of job and family services shall establish and maintain a uniform statewide automated adult protective services information system. The information system shall contain records regarding all of the following:
(1) All reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of adults made to county departments of job and family services under section 5101.61 of the Revised Code;
(2) Investigations conducted under section 5101.62 of the Revised Code;
(3) Protective services provided to adults pursuant to sections 5101.60 to 5101.71 of the Revised Code;
(4) Any other information related to adults in need of protective services that state or federal law, regulation, or rule requires the department or a county department to maintain.
(B) The department shall plan implementation of the information system on a county-by-county basis. The department shall promptly notify all county departments of the initiation and completion of statewide implementation of the information system.
(C) Except as provided in division (C)(3) of this section and in rules adopted by the department pursuant to that division:
(1) The information contained in or obtained from the information system is confidential and is not subject to disclosure pursuant to section 149.43 or 1347.08 of the Revised Code.
(2) No person shall knowingly do either of the following:
(a) Access or use information contained in the information system;
(b) Disclose information obtained from the information system.
(3) Information contained in the information system may be accessed or used only in a manner, to the extent, and for the purposes, authorized by rules adopted by the department.
Added by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, ยง101.01, eff. 9/29/2015.
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