Privacy Concerns

(1) Notification to Applicants. Inaccordance with M.G.L. c. 66A, every applicant who applies for veterans’ benefits must be informed that information contained in the application (Form VS-1) for veterans’ benefits may be submitted to the Department of Revenue and Department of Transitional Assistance for the purpose of determining whether they are inreceiptof wages, whether they hold bank accounts, and whether they are delinquent in child support payments. (2) Consent Notice. (a) The veterans’ agent shall give each applicant a Computer Match Consent Notice which the applicant, and any other adult individual for whom benefits are being requested, shall sign and date. (b) Each time a person applies or reapplies for benefits, this process must be repeated. (3) CORI Requirements. In accordancewiththeCriminal Offender Record Information (CORI) law, M.G.L. c. 6, § 178, access to criminal records may be had only if a veterans’ agent is certified by the Massachusetts Criminal History Systems Board.