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Relating to the protection of certain patient information and data under the purview of the department of public health
Sponsored by the Senate State Government Committee
Topics:Health care
Same legislation: SSB 1228
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 11, 2019
- Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 11, 2019
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 21, 201934–13
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the protection of certain patient health data and information under the purview of the department of public health (DPH). HOSPITAL DATA. Division I of the bill provides that, with regard to certain inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory data collected from hospitals, unless otherwise authorized or required by state or federal law, in addition to the social security number, the name of the individual subject of the data shall not be included in data collected from hospitals by DPH.
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EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Division II of the bill provides that, unless otherwise authorized or required by state or federal law, or unless required for billing purposes, data collected under Code chapter 147A, subchapter I (emergency medical care), including patient care reports, that contain a patient’s medical information, shall not include the social security number or name of the patient who is the subject of the data. The division defines “patient care report” as a computerized or written report that documents the assessment and management of a patient by an emergency care provider in an out-of-hospital setting; and “patient’s medical information” as any information in an emergency medical services ambulance or transport document or report, including a patient care report, that identifies a patient who is the subject of the information or with respect to which there is a reasonable basis to believe that the information could be used to identify the patient.
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