What happens on Wednesday April 1:

• Within HMIS, all MPAs prior to 4/1/20 will expire on 3/31/20.
• Providers can still use the old MPA to coordinate client care for up to 1 year as a basis for sharing data within the trust network only.
  • Old MPAs will not grant consent for CIE data sharing, but can continue to be used to coordinate care for your clients until 3/31/2021.
  • This grace period does not replace asking for the new consents. Please be sure to present the new MPA starting 4/1/20 as appropriate.
• After April 1, 2020 when your client signs a new MPA it will replace the old MPA
• Verbal consent according to the currently-enacted emergency protocol for HMIS consent does not allow clients to consent into CIE.
  • CIE requires that a client sign a form.
  • The current guidance is to collect signed paper forms once the crisis ends and the emergency protocol is no longer activated.

What happens as of this update:

• As of this update being posted, the new MPA can be found on our website here
  • It can also be found on this page under the “HMIS Documents” header
  • We are making this document available to you today to ensure that it can be distributed to the appropriate staff in time for the April 1 launch.

Please see below for information on both HMIS and CIE: