MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Public Health and Human Services By: Representative Newman House Bill 193 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN REPORTS OR TEST RESULTS FROM BEING DISCLOSED TO A PATIENT AS PART OF THE PATIENT'S ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD BY THE PERSON OR ENTITY THAT ADMINISTERS AND CONTROLS THE PATIENT'S ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD UNTIL 72 HOURS AFTER THE RESULTS ARE FINALIZED, UNLESS THE PATIENT'S HEALTH CARE PROVIDER DIRECTS THE RELEASE OF THE RESULTS EARLIER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, a health care provider requesting that a medical laboratory test for a patient be performed shall not engage in information blocking as described in 42 USC Section 300jj-52. (2) The following reports or test results and any other related results shall not be disclosed to a patient as part of the patient's electronic health record, or in the case of a clinical laboratory test result, or pathology report, shall not be disclosed by the person or entity that administers and controls the patient's electronic health record, until seventy-two (72) hours after the results are finalized, unless the patient's health care provider directs the release of the results before the end of that seventy-two-hour period: (a) Pathology reports or radiology reports that have a reasonable likelihood of showing a finding of malignancy; or (b) Tests that could reveal genetic markers. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services
By: Representative Newman
# House Bill 193
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN REPORTS OR TEST RESULTS FROM BEING DISCLOSED TO A PATIENT AS PART OF THE PATIENT'S ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD BY THE PERSON OR ENTITY THAT ADMINISTERS AND CONTROLS THE PATIENT'S ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD UNTIL 72 HOURS AFTER THE RESULTS ARE FINALIZED, UNLESS THE PATIENT'S HEALTH CARE PROVIDER DIRECTS THE RELEASE OF THE RESULTS EARLIER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, a health care provider requesting that a medical laboratory test for a patient be performed shall not engage in information blocking as described in 42 USC Section 300jj-52.
(2) The following reports or test results and any other related results shall not be disclosed to a patient as part of the patient's electronic health record, or in the case of a clinical laboratory test result, or pathology report, shall not be disclosed by the person or entity that administers and controls the patient's electronic health record, until seventy-two (72) hours after the results are finalized, unless the patient's health care provider directs the release of the results before the end of that seventy-two-hour period:
(a) Pathology reports or radiology reports that have a reasonable likelihood of showing a finding of malignancy; or
(b) Tests that could reveal genetic markers.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.