REPORT TITLE:
Health Care Information


DESCRIPTION:
Clarifies the general rules regarding use and disclosure of
protected health care information.  (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT
RELATING TO PRIVACY OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 323C-21, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(b)  For the purpose of treatment or qualified health care
 
 4 operations, an entity may only use or disclose protected health
 
 5 information [within the entity] if the use or disclosure is
 
 6 properly noticed pursuant to sections 323C-13 and 323C-22.  For
 
 7 all other uses and disclosures, an entity may only use or
 
 8 disclose protected health information, if the use or disclosure
 
 9 is properly consented to pursuant to section 323C-23.  Disclosure
 
10 to agents of an entity described in subsection (a) shall be
 
11 considered as a disclosure within an entity."
 
12      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
13      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.