42 U.S.C. § 11363 — Protection of personally identifying information by victim service providers

In the course of awarding grants or implementing programs under this subchapter, the Secretary^* shall instruct any victim service provider^* that is a recipient^* or subgrantee not to disclose for purposes of the Homeless^* Management Information System any personally identifying information^* about any client. The Secretary may, after public notice and comment, require or ask such recipients and subgrantees to disclose for purposes of the Homeless Management Information System non-personally identifying information that has been de-identified, encrypted, or otherwise encoded. Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede any provision of any Federal, State^*, or local law that provides greater protection than this subsection for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.