Report Title:

Patient Identification Number

Description:

Expands the definition of a patient "identification number" to include the number assigned by a payor, insurer, or pharmacy benefit manager.   

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2855
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to health.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 329-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "identification number" to read as follows:

     ""Identification number" means, with respect to a patient:

     (1)  The patient's unique valid driver's license number or state identification card number, followed by the abbreviation of the state issuing the driver's license or state identification card, or the patient's military identification number[;], or the unique patient identifier assigned to the individual by the payor, insurer, or pharmacy benefit manager;

     (2)  If the patient is a foreign patient, the patient's passport number;

     (3)  If the patient does not have a valid driver's license, state identification card, or military identification, the patient's social security number;

     (4)  If the patient is less than eighteen years of age and has none of the identification referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3), the unique number on the valid driver's license, state identification card, military identification, or passport of the patient's parent or guardian; or

     (5)  If the controlled substance is obtained for an animal, the unique number of the animal's owner as described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3)."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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