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2009 SESSION
HB 2405 Health Professions, Department of; may release information for determining shortage designations.
Introduced by: Roslyn C. Tyler | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Department of Health Professions; submission of information. Expands the requirement to submit certain information to the Department of Health Professions to anyone applying for initial licensure, certification, or registration, and individuals licensed, certified, or registered by a health regulatory board. Also the bill allows the Department, and the Board of Nursing, to release any information for the purposes of determining shortage designations and to qualified personnel if pertinent to an investigation, research, or study, provided a written agreement between such qualified personnel and the Department, which ensures that any person to whom such information is divulged shall preserve the confidentiality of the information, is executed.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Department of Health Professions; submission of information. Expands the requirement to submit certain information to the Department of Health Professions to anyone applying for initial licensure, certification, registration, or a multistate licensure privilege, and individuals licensed, certified, registered, or holding a multistate licensure privilege issued by a health regulatory board. Also the bill allows the Department, and the Board of Nursing, to release any information for the purposes of determining shortage designations and to qualified personnel if pertinent to an investigation, research, or study, provided a written agreement between such qualified personnel and the Department that provides that any person to whom such information is divulged shall preserve the confidentiality of the information, is executed.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Department of Health Professions; submission of information. Expands the requirement to submit certain information to the Department of Health Professions to anyone licensed, certified, registered, or holding a multistate licensure privilege issued by a health regulatory board. Also allows the Department, and the Board of Nursing, to release any information for the purpose of bona fide research or education to qualified personnel, provided data elements that could reasonably identify a specific individual shall be deleted or redacted from such information prior to disclosure. Further, the release of such information shall only be made pursuant to a written agreement.