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3 confined individual for purposes of mental health institution reporting refers to an inmate who had a prior connection with a criminal offense, but was determined mentally not responsible for his or her crime and was committed by court order to the custody of a State or local mental health institution for treatment. D. "Conviction" means the judgment in a criminal case that an individual is guilty of a crime. It may result from a verdict or finding of guilty, a plea of guilty, or a plea of nolo contendere (no contest). E. "Disclosure" means the release of information (data) with or without the consent of the individual(s) to whom the information pertains. F. "Facility Identification Code" means the six-character code that SSA will assign to a confining facility or institution that is covered by this agreement. This code must be furnished with each submission of data to SSA concerning the facility/institution's confined individuals in order for SSA to process any incentive payments due the facility/institution under this agreement. G. "More than 30 continuous daysr" for Title II purposes, means that an individual remains confined in an institution for a period of more than 30 continuous days following a conviction or court-ordered confinement. Suspension applies for a month where the individual has been confined for any part of that month. Example l: Individual is convicted on April 28, enters an institution on April 30 and is released on June 3. The individual would be confined for more than 30 continuous days. Benefits would be suspended for all three months, April, May, and June. Example 2: On February 2, a court orders an individual to undergo a mental evaluation to determine his competency to stand trial. The individual's attending psychiafrist provides his mental evaluation to the judge for a competency ruling. On May l, based on the individual's mental evaluation, the court finds that the individual is incompetent to stand trial for a criminal offense and orders that the individual be confined in an institution at public expense. The individual enters the institution on May 1 and is released on December 30. The individual would be confined for more than 30 continuous days in an institution. Benefits would be suspended from May through December. H. "Record" means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by an entity including, but not limited to, the individual's criminal history, name, Social Security number (SSN), aliases, date of birth, gender, date of confinement, place of confinement, and prisoner or inmate status. I. '(Reporter Identification Code" means the four-character code assigned by SSA to the Reporter that is party to the agreement and that will report information on its own behalf and/or on behalf of other facilities/institutions identified in this agreement.