AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE SENATE

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§ 32.1-127.1:03. Patient Health Records Privacy.

A. There is hereby recognized a patient's right of privacy in the content of a patient's medical record. Patient records are the property of the provider maintaining them, and, except when permitted by this section or by another provision of state or federal law, no provider, or other person working in a health care setting, may disclose the records of a patient.

Patient records shall not be removed from the premises where they are maintained without the approval of the provider, except in accordance with a court order or subpoena consistent with § 8.01-413 C or with this section.

No third party to whom disclosure of patient records was made by a provider shall redisclose or otherwise reveal the records of a patient, beyond the purpose for which such disclosure was made, without first obtaining the patient's specific consent to such redisclosure. This redisclosure prohibition shall not, however, prevent any provider who receives records from another provider from making subsequent disclosures permitted under this section.

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Health care providers shall provide a copy of all records as required by a subpoena duces tecum or court order for such medical records. If the health care provider has, however, actual receipt of notice that a motion to quash the subpoena has been filed or if the health care provider files a motion to quash the subpoena for medical records, then the health care provider shall produce the records to the clerk of the court issuing the subpoena, where the court shall place the records under seal until a determination is made regarding the motion to quash. The securely sealed envelope shall only be opened on order of the judge. In the event the court grants the motion to quash, the records shall be returned to the health care provider in the same sealed envelope in which they were delivered to the court. In the event that a judge orders the sealed envelope to be opened to review the records in camera, a copy of the judge's order shall accompany any records returned to the provider. The records returned to the provider shall be in a securely sealed envelope.

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