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Public Act 094-0501
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| HB2344 Enrolled |
LRB094 09050 RSP 39271 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Department of Public Health Powers and |
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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. |
To establish reasonable billing rates for persons requesting |
electronic access to patient data collected under Section 4-2 |
of the Illinois Health Finance Reform Act for use by a |
requesting entity, including, but not limited to, an agency, |
academic research organization, or private sector |
organization, and for producing studies, data products, or |
analyses of such data. All moneys received by the Department |
from the billing authorized under this Section must be |
deposited into the Public Health Special State Projects Fund. |
In providing electronic access to patient claims and encounter |
data, the Department shall undertake all steps necessary under |
State and federal law, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (12 |
U.S.C. §1811 et. seq.) and the Health Insurance Portability and |
Accountability Act privacy regulations (45 C.F.R. Part 164), to |
protect patient confidentiality in order to prevent the |
identification of individual patients.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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