When should educational agencies get parent consent for releasing information to OMAP?
Programs need to get consent before sending records to OMAP. Programs could establish a procedure to get consent at the time parents give consent for the initial evaluation, or at an initial IEP or IFSP meeting or annual review. The Department has modified the sample consent form to ensure that it includes release for checking Medicaid eligibility along with release for billing purposes. A copy of this modified form is attached to this memo, and will be available on the Departments web site along with other sample forms. Can parents give permission for releases that occurred before the date of the consent? Educational agencies should get parent consent before releasing records to OMAP. In the case where permission to release educational records is needed, districts that did not obtain initial permission before providing the service may indicate the dates for which services service information will be released. These dates may be before the date that the parent grants permission as long
