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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from disclosure as private information all patient-related information that may be contained in any record held by a public hospital system outside of a medical records information system that alone or compiled, or under circumstances in which the patient information combined with other information could allow for patient identification, and also in compliance with State and federal medical privacy laws and regulations.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds references to covered entities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
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