SENATE BILL 954

Sponsored By:

Senator Middleton

Entitled:

Medical Records - Enhancement or Coordination of Patient Care

Synopsis:

Authorizing specified health care providers to share medical records and specified information with insurance carriers and accountable care organizations for the purposes of enhancing or coordinating patient care and for other purposes under specified circumstances and subject to limitations; requiring specified notices; establishing specified limits; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Senate Action

2/13

First Reading Senate Rules

2/27

Re-referred Finance

2/29

Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.

3/26

Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance

3/22

Favorable with Amendments {927774/1 Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/23

Third Reading Passed (47-0)

4/2

Returned Passed

House Action

3/25

First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

3/30

Re-referred Health and Government Operations

Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.

4/5

Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations

4/1

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

4/2

Third Reading Passed (131-1)

Action after passage in Senate and House

5/2

Approved by the Governor

- Chapter 326

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Disclosure

Federal Government

Health -see also- Mental Health

Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations

Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs

Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations

Laboratories

Managed Care Organizations -see also- Health Maint Orgs

Mental Health

Notices

Patients

Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc

Privacy

Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records

Telecommunications and Information Technology

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 4-310 , 17-202.1 )

Insurance

( 4-403 , 14-138 )

Documents

Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter

Fiscal and Policy Note: Available

Amendments:

Senate

Number: 927774/01     Offered on: March 26, 2012   at: 9:14 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Committee Votes :

Senate

Finance

House

Health and Government Operations

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

Senate

March 23, 2012: Third Reading Passed (47-0)

House

April 2, 2012: Third Reading Passed (131-1)