Disclosures Required by Law

Are location information services of collection agencies, which are required under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, permitted under the HIPAA Privacy Rule?
Won't the HIPAA Privacy Rule's minimum necessary standard impede the ability of workers' compensation insurers, state administrative agencies, and employers to obtain the health information needed to pay injured or ill workers the benefits guaranteed them under State workers' compensation system?
I am a health care provider and my state law says I have to provide a workers' compensation insurer, upon request, with an injured workers' records that related to treatment or hospitalization for which compensation is being sought. Am I permitted to disclose the information required by my state law?
My state requires consent to use or disclose health information. Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule take away this protection?
Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule permit nursing homes and other health care institutions to disclose information concerning admissions of supplemental security income (SSI) recipients to the Social Security Administration (SSA)?
May a covered entity disclose protected health information to a Protection and Advocacy system where the disclosure is required by law?