Memorandum of understanding between the Commissioners of Public Health and Social Services for improving public health services

The Commissioners of Social Services and Public Health shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for the purpose of improving public health service delivery and public health outcomes for low income populations through the sharing of available HUSKY Health program and Title V data, provided the sharing of such data: (1) Is directly related to the administration of the Medicaid state plan or any other applicable state plan administered by the Department of Social Services or the Department of Public Health; (2) is in accordance with federal and state law and regulations concerning the privacy, security, confidentiality and safeguarding of individually identifiable information contained in such data; (3) includes a detailed description of the intended public health service delivery and public health outcome goals that are achieved by the sharing of such data; and (4) the costs of compiling and transmitting any such data can be accomplished within the available resources of the Departments of Social Services and Public Health.