(740 ILCS 110/9.5)

Sec. 9.5. Use and disclosure of information to an HIE.

(a) An HIE, person, therapist, facility, agency, interdisciplinary team, integrated health system, business associate, or covered entity may, without a recipient's consent, use or disclose information from a recipient's record in connection with an HIE, an HIE, or the business associate of either. An HIE and its business associate may, without a recipient's consent, use or disclose and re-disclose such information for HIE purposes or for such other purposes as are specifically allowed under this Act.

(b) As used in this Section:

(1) "facility" means a developmental disability facility as defined in Section 1-107 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code or a mental health facility as defined in Section 1-114 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code; and

(2) the terms "disclosure" and "use" have the meanings ascribed to them under HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 160.103.

(Source: P.A. 103-508, eff. 8-4-23.)