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Rep. Julie Hamos
Filed: 3/9/2005
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LRB094 09050 RSP 43403 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2344
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2344, AS AMENDED, by |
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| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
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| following:
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| "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and |
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| Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| amended by adding Section 2310-33 as follows: |
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| (20 ILCS 2310/2310-33 new)
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| Sec. 2310-33. Access to patient claims and encounter data. |
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| To establish reasonable billing rates for persons requesting |
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| electronic access to patient data collected under Section 4-2 |
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| of the Illinois Health Finance Reform Act for use by a |
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| requesting entity, including, but not limited to, an agency, |
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| academic research organization, or private sector |
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| organization, and for producing studies, data products, or |
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| analyses of such data. All moneys received by the Department |
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| from the billing authorized under this Section must be |
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| deposited into the Public Health Special State Projects Fund. |
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| In providing electronic access to patient claims and encounter |
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| data, the Department shall undertake all steps necessary under |
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| State and federal law, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (12 |
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| U.S.C. §1811 et. seq.) and the Health Insurance Portability and |
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| Accountability Act privacy regulations (45 C.F.R. Part 164), to |
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| protect patient confidentiality in order to prevent the |