REPORT TITLE:
Health Care Information


DESCRIPTION:
Clarifies the general rules regarding use and disclosure of
protected health care information.  Effectuates Act 87, SLH 1999,
on July 1, 2001. (SB2254 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                H.D. 1
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.  Act 87, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, is amended
 
13 by amending section 10 to read as follows:
 
14      "SECTION 10.  This Act shall take effect on [July 1, 2000;]
 
15 July 1, 2001; provided that sections 5, 6, and 7 shall take
 
16 effect upon its approval."
 
17      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
18 New statutory material is underscored.
 
19      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on June 30, 2000.