We may disclose certain non-tax return information, including verification of Social Security Numbers (SSN), to State and local health departments and agencies that administer health and other services related to preventing communicable diseases. This includes disclosing address information to locate persons with communicable diseases that are legally reportable and perilous to the health or safety of the individual or the public. Disclosure is permissible under the health maintenance and income maintenance routine use, cited in a number of our systems of records, including but not limited to the following:

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  60-0058—Master Files of SSN Holders and SSN Applications System;

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  60-0089—Claims Folders System;

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  60-0090—Master Beneficiary Record;

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  60-0103—Supplemental Security Income Record and Special Veterans Benefits System; and

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  60-0320—Electronic Disability Claims File.

In some situations, we may be able to disclose information to State and local health departments and agencies under the health and safety exception to the Privacy Act. If we make a disclosure under the health and safety exception to the Privacy Act, we may disclose non-tax return information from any system of records that contains the requested information. However, disclosure under the health and safety exception to the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(8)) requires us to notify the individual about whom we disclosed the information. For more information about making disclosures under the health and safety exception to the Privacy Act, see GN 03316.135.