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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0639
Introduced 1/28/2005, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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410 ILCS 50/2.06 new |
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410 ILCS 50/2.07 new |
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410 ILCS 50/3.3 new |
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410 ILCS 50/3.4 new |
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410 ILCS 50/3.5 new |
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Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Establishes protections for patient records and procedures that must be followed before those records may be transmitted to a site outside the United States.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0639 |
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LRB094 06810 RXD 36913 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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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 Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by |
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| adding Sections 2.06, 2.07, 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5 as follows: |
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| (410 ILCS 50/2.06 new) |
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| Sec. 2.06. "Health care business" means any person or |
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| entity, whether established to make a profit or not, that |
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| collects or retains individually identifiable health |
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| information about individuals in relation to medical care. |
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| (410 ILCS 50/2.07 new) |
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| Sec. 2.07. "Individually identifiable health information" |
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| has the same meaning as in the federal Health Insurance |
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| Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. |
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| (410 ILCS 50/3.3 new) |
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| Sec. 3.3. Receipt and transmission of individually |
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| identifiable health information. |
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| (a) A person or entity that has contracted or
subcontracted |
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| with a health care business to receive individually
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| identifiable health information shall disclose to the health |
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| care
business whether any of the information will be |
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| transferred to a site
outside the United States. |
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| (b) No health care business, or person or entity that has
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| contracted or subcontracted with a health care business, shall
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| transmit individually identifiable health information to a |
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| site
outside the United States unless all of the following |
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| apply: |
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| (1) The health care business discloses to the |
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| individual at the time of enrollment and reenrollment, or |
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| in the case of a
health facility upon admission or as soon |