SB 6331: Health care info/disclosure

Summary

• C Requires health care providers to use reasonable safeguards for the security of health care information by deleting outdated telephone and fax numbers and by taking affirmative actions to assure that health care information transmitted by computer, fax, or other means is properly received by the authorized recipient.
• C Makes it a violation of the STD confidentiality statutes for a person to cause an unauthorized communication of confidential STD information by fax or other communication when the person knows or should have known that the fax number or other transmittal information was incorrect or outdated.

From the House Bill Analysis (SB 6331), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗