Relates to the rights of patients to receive medical information in an understandable format; provides that such information and documents shall avoid the use of medical terminology and instead use words with common and everyday meanings to facilitate understandability.
Relates to the provision of patient health information and medical records; expands the definition of medical records to include all health related records; prohibits fees for providing certain records.
Relative to the confidentiality of medical records and patient information.
Health care providers authorized to provide patients with health information and services that are medically accurate, evidence-based, and appropriate for the patient; and informed consent requirements before abortions may be performed repealed.
Medically accurate information.
Medically accurate information.
Strengthens protections for patients regarding sexual misconduct by medical providers; requires medical expert consultants involved in investigations disclose conflicts of interest and to not be under investigation, on warning, or on probation; requires a zero-tolerance policy to be adopted and training to be provided on sexual misconduct by the board for professional misconduct; includes provisions related to the right to have a chaperone; includes sexual misconduct in the definition of professional misconduct.
TRUTH in Labeling Act Transparency, Readability, Understandability, Truth, and Helpfulness in Labeling Act
TRUTH in Labeling Act Transparency, Readability, Understandability, Truth, and Helpfulness in Labeling Act
Health care providers providing patients with health information and services that are medically accurate; evidence-based, and appropriate for the patient authorization; informed consent requirements before abortions may be performed repeal