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HB 3090 Privileged communications; physician peer review and physician accreditation entities.

Introduced by: David B. Albo | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Privileged communications; physician peer review and physician accreditation entities.  Clarifies  that privilege attaches to the proceedings, minutes, records, and reports of a quality assurance, quality of care, or peer review committee of a national or state physician peer review entity or physician accreditation entity.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Privileged communications; health care providers.  States that any data, reports, records, memoranda, analyses, or written or oral statements designed to improve patient safety and health care quality or outcomes are not discoverable or admissible in any civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding and shall be presumed not to be medical records. The discovery and admissibility of records detailing the factual description of an incident or medical records regarding a patient kept in the ordinary course of business or treatment is not affected by this provision.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Privileged communications; health care providers.  States that any investigations, reports, recommendations, statistical or other analyses, or databases designed to improve health care are not discoverable or admissible and shall not be classified as medical records.