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Public Act 094-0501 |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||
amended by adding Section 2310-33 as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 2310/2310-33 new)
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Sec. 2310-33. Access to patient claims and encounter data. | ||||
To establish reasonable billing rates for persons requesting | ||||
electronic access to patient data collected under Section 4-2 | ||||
of the Illinois Health Finance Reform Act for use by a | ||||
requesting entity, including, but not limited to, an agency, | ||||
academic research organization, or private sector | ||||
organization, and for producing studies, data products, or | ||||
analyses of such data. All moneys received by the Department | ||||
from the billing authorized under this Section must be | ||||
deposited into the Public Health Special State Projects Fund. | ||||
In providing electronic access to patient claims and encounter | ||||
data, the Department shall undertake all steps necessary under | ||||
State and federal law, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (12 | ||||
U.S.C. ยง1811 et. seq.) and the Health Insurance Portability and | ||||
Accountability Act privacy regulations (45 C.F.R. Part 164), to | ||||
protect patient confidentiality in order to prevent the | ||||
identification of individual patients.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||
becoming law.
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