| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | - | LCO 1 of 2 | |
| 3 | + | LCO No. 4718 1 of 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | - | General Assembly | |
| 5 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1331 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | + | LCO No. 4718 | |
| 7 | 8 | ||
| 9 | + | ||
| 10 | + | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
| 11 | + | ||
| 12 | + | ||
| 13 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | + | (PH) | |
| 8 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 17 | ||
| 11 | 18 | ||
| 12 | 19 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXCLUSION OF PATIENT HEALTH | |
| 13 | 20 | INFORMATION AND OPT -IN AND OPT-OUT PROCEDURES | |
| 14 | 21 | RELATING TO THE STATE -WIDE HEALTH INFORMATION | |
| 15 | 22 | EXCHANGE. | |
| 16 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 17 | 24 | Assembly convened: | |
| 18 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 26 | Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Health 1 | |
| 20 | 27 | Strategy shall conduct a study to (1) determine whether to exclude 2 | |
| 21 | - | patient health information and medical records relating to sensitive 3 | |
| 22 | - | medical procedures from the State-wide Health Information Exchange, 4 | |
| 23 | - | and (2) examine current procedures relating to patient participation in 5 | |
| 24 | - | the State-wide Health Information Exchange and determine whether to 6 | |
| 25 | - | implement any new opt-in or opt-out procedures for patients. Not later 7 | |
| 26 | - | than February 1, 2026, the commissioner shall submit a report, in 8 | |
| 27 | - | accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 9 | |
| 28 | - | concerning the results of such study to the joint standing committee of 10 | |
| 29 | - | the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 11 | |
| 30 | - | health. 12 | |
| 28 | + | patient health information and medical records relating to certain 3 | |
| 29 | + | sensitive medical procedures, including, but not limited to, plastic 4 | |
| 30 | + | surgery, from the State-wide Health Information Exchange, and (2) 5 | |
| 31 | + | examine current procedures relating to patient participation in the State-6 | |
| 32 | + | wide Health Information Exchange and determine whether to 7 | |
| 33 | + | implement any new opt-in or opt-out procedures for patients. Not later 8 | |
| 34 | + | than February 1, 2026, the commissioner shall submit a report, in 9 | |
| 35 | + | accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 10 | |
| 36 | + | concerning the results of such study to the joint standing committee of 11 | |
| 37 | + | the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 12 | |
| 38 | + | health. 13 | |
| 39 | + | Raised Bill No. 1331 | |
| 40 | + | ||
| 41 | + | ||
| 42 | + | ||
| 43 | + | LCO No. 4718 2 of 2 | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 31 | 45 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 32 | 46 | sections: | |
| 33 | 47 | ||
| 34 | 48 | Section 1 from passage New section | |
| 35 | - | Substitute Bill No. 1331 | |
| 36 | 49 | ||
| 50 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 51 | + | To require the Commissioner of Health Strategy to study (1) whether to | |
| 52 | + | exclude patient health information and medical records relating to | |
| 53 | + | certain sensitive medical procedures from the State-wide Health | |
| 54 | + | Information Exchange, and (2) current procedures relating to patient | |
| 55 | + | participation in the State-wide Health Information Exchange. | |
| 37 | 56 | ||
| 38 | - | ||
| 39 | - | ||
| 40 | - | ||
| 57 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 58 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 59 | + | underlined.] | |
| 41 | 60 |