Bill Title: Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, for a public body that is a HIPAA-covered entity, "private information" includes electronic medical records and all information, including demographic information, contained within or extracted from an electronic medical records system operated or maintained by the public body in compliance with State and federal medical privacy laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and its regulations. Exempts from disclosure under the Act all information that is protected health information that may be contained within or extracted from any record held by a public body that is a HIPAA-covered entity. Defines "HIPAA-covered entity" and "protected health information".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0554 [SB1670 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Concurrence in Senate	2023-05-19	57	0	2	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2023-05-11	113	0	0	0	113	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2023-03-30	57	0	2	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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