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HB1649: (New Title) relative to health information and patient rights.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- Robert Bridgham House · Carr 2
- Cindy Rosenwald House · Hills 22
- Peter Batula House · Hills 19
Topics
Health and Human Services Health care
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CHAPTER 64
HB 1649-FN – FINAL VERSION
03Mar2010… 0693h
14Apr2010… 1227eba
2010 SESSION
10-2323
01/04
HOUSE BILL 1649-FN
AN ACT relative to health information and patient rights.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill establishes procedures for access to protected health information for treatment.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03Mar2010… 0693h
14Apr2010… 1227eba
10-2323
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to health information and patient rights.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
64:1 New Subparagraphs; Definitions Added. Amend RSA 332-I:1, II by inserting after subparagraph (d) the following new subparagraphs:
(e) “Audit trail” means a chronological record identifying specific persons who have accessed an electronic medical record, the date and time the record was accessed, and, if such information is available, the area of the record that was accessed. An audit trail shall not be considered a part of a person’s medical care.
(f) “Individual” means the subject of the protected health information, including a guardian or other legal representative.
64:2 New Subparagraph; Patient Information; Electronic Form. Amend RSA 332-I:2, I by inserting after subparagraph (f) the following new subparagraph:
(g) When an individual’s medical record is maintained in electronic form, the individual has the right to a report, based on whatever audit trail of that record is then maintained, of access to the record by a health care provider named by the individual within an identified period in the prior 3 years. The report shall indicate whether the named provider had access, or did not have access, or whether access could not be determined with the available data. If the named provider had access, the report shall summarize, as the available data permit, the extent of access to the record. This subparagraph shall not apply to individuals being held in correctional facilities within the state.
64:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.
Approved: May 18, 2010
Effective Date: January 1, 2011