Rep. Julie Hamos
Filed: 3/9/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2344 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2344, AS AMENDED, by 
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replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
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Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
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amended  by adding Section 2310-33 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-33 new)

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    Sec. 2310-33. Access to patient claims and encounter data. 
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To establish reasonable billing rates  for  persons requesting 
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electronic access to patient data collected under Section 4-2 
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of the Illinois Health Finance Reform Act for use by a 
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requesting entity, including, but not limited to, an agency, 
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academic research organization, or private sector 
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organization, and for producing studies, data products, or 
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analyses of such data. All moneys received by the Department 
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from the billing authorized under this Section must be 
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deposited into the Public Health Special State Projects Fund.  
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In providing electronic access to patient claims and encounter 
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data, the Department shall undertake all steps necessary under 
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State and federal law, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (12 
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U.S.C. §1811 et. seq.) and the Health Insurance Portability and 
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Accountability Act privacy regulations (45 C.F.R. Part 164), to 
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protect patient confidentiality in order to prevent the 
 


 






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identification of individual patients.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".