| SB 0182 | Any Recipient of State Family Planning Funds Must Meet Confidentiality Requirements of Family Planning Records |
| Sponsor: | Klarich | |||
| LR Number: | L0796.01I | Fiscal Note: | 0796-01 | |
| Committee: | Public Health and Welfare | |||
| Last Action: | 02/17/97 - Hearing Conducted S Public Health & Welfare Committee | Journal page: | ||
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| Effective Date: | August 28, 1997 | |||
SB 182 - This act would make any direct or indirect recipient of any state appropriated family planning funds guilty of a misdemeanor if such recipient failed to meet the confidentiality of family planning records.
The Department of Health is to promulgate rules regarding the confidentiality of family planning records that are maintained by recipients of any funds appropriated to the Department for family planning services.
The Department may withhold payment of family planning funds
for a fiscal year or in the succeeding fiscal year to any
recipient who violates the rules. The withholding shall be in
addition to any other remedy available to the Department by law
and shall continue until the recipient complies with all the
rules promulgated by the Department regarding the confidentiality
of family planning records.
CHERYL GRAZIER