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20-18-407. Social Security account information of parents.
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20-18-407. Social Security account information of parents.
(a) Social Security account information of parents of a child born within this state shall be furnished to the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health at the time of filing the certificate of birth, but such information shall not appear on the certificate.
(b) The Division of Vital Records shall make available the records of parent name and Social Security number to the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration for its use in the establishment of paternity or the enforcement of child support orders through electronic transfer mechanism. Such a disclosure shall constitute an exception to the prohibitions within § 20-18-304.
(c) Information obtained by the office pursuant to this section may be used in an action or proceeding before any court, administrative tribunal, or other body for the purpose of establishing a child support obligation, collecting child support, or locating individuals owing the obligation.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-18-407
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20-18-407. Social Security account information of parents.
(a) Social Security account information of parents of a child born within this state shall be furnished to the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health at the time of filing the certificate of birth, but such information shall not appear on the certificate.
(b) The Division of Vital Records shall make available the records of parent name and Social Security number to the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration for its use in the establishment of paternity or the enforcement of child support orders through electronic transfer mechanism. Such a disclosure shall constitute an exception to the prohibitions within § 20-18-304.
(c) Information obtained by the office pursuant to this section may be used in an action or proceeding before any court, administrative tribunal, or other body for the purpose of establishing a child support obligation, collecting child support, or locating individuals owing the obligation.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-18-304. Disclosure of information prohibited — Exceptions.
(a) To protect the integrity of vital records and vital reports, to ensure their proper use, and to ensure the efficient and proper administration of the system of vital statistics, it shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection of or to disclose information contained in vital records or vital reports or to copy or issue a copy of all or part of any vital record or vital report except as authorized by this chapter and by rule or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b)(1) The State Board of Health may authorize by rule the disclosure of information contained in vital records for research purposes.
(2) The rules shall provide for adequate standards of security and confidentiality of vital records and vital reports.
(3)(A) Disclosure of information which may identify any person or institution named in any vital record or vital report may be made only pursuant to rules which require submission of written requests for information by researchers and execution of agreements that protect the confidentiality of the information provided.
(B) The agreements shall prohibit the release by the researcher of any information that might identify any person or institution other than releases that may be provided for in the agreement.
(4) Nothing in this section prohibits the release of information or data which would not identify any person or institution named in a vital record or vital report.
(c)(1) Appeals from decisions of custodians of vital records or vital reports designated under § 20-18-203(b) who refuse to disclose information from vital records or vital reports as prescribed by this section and the rules issued under this section shall be made to the State Registrar of Vital Recor
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-18-304
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-18-304. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.