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SCS/SB 1041 - This act creates the crime of knowingly receiving, selling, or obtaining personal health information without the person's consent. There are exemptions for law enforcement officers or other governmental agencies performing their official duties. There are exemptions for health care providers obtaining, using, disclosing, or permitting access to any personal health information record as otherwise authorized or required by state or federal law. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit a health carrier from obtaining personal health information for the purposes of completing insurance applications, underwriting purposes, adjudication claims, and conducting other insurance-related business while complying with the provisions of all federal and state statutes and rules. "Personal health information" is defined as any identifiable information, in electronic or physical form, regarding the individual's health, medical history, medical treatment or diagnosis by a health care provider. ADRIANE CROUSE
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