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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 457
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 107
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. ANWAR, 3
rd Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TO
PROVIDE A PERSON WHO IS INCARCERATED WITH A FORM
AUTHORIZING ANOTHER PERSON ACCESS TO THE MEDICAL
RECORDS OF THE PERSON WHO IS INCARCERATED.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 325 of the general statutes be amended to require the 1
Department of Correction to provide a person who is incarcerated with 2
a form authorizing another person, including next of kin or another 3
trusted individual, to access the medical records of the person who is 4
incarcerated, which records are otherwise subject to nondisclosure 5
under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 6
of 1996, P.L. 104-191, as amended from time to time. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Department of Correction to provide a person who is
incarcerated with a form authorizing another person to access the
medical records of the person who is incarcerated.