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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1331
January Session, 2025
AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXCLUSION OF PATIENT HEALTH
INFORMATION AND OPT -IN AND OPT-OUT PROCEDURES
RELATING TO THE STATE -WIDE HEALTH INFORMATION
EXCHANGE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Health 1
Strategy shall conduct a study to (1) determine whether to exclude 2
patient health information and medical records relating to sensitive 3
medical procedures from the State-wide Health Information Exchange, 4
and (2) examine current procedures relating to patient participation in 5
the State-wide Health Information Exchange and determine whether to 6
implement any new opt-in or opt-out procedures for patients. Not later 7
than February 1, 2026, the commissioner shall submit a report, in 8
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 9
concerning the results of such study to the joint standing committee of 10
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 11
health. 12
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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PH Joint Favorable Subst.