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HB 2255 Health records; health care providers who prescribe or dispense controlled substances.

Introduced by: David A. Nutter | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Disclosure of health records; dispensing of controlled substances.  Clarifies that nothing in the Health Records Privacy Act shall prohibit a health care provider who dispenses a controlled substance to a patient from disclosing information obtained from the Prescription Monitoring Program and contained in a patient's health care record to another health care provider when such disclosure is related to the care or treatment of the patient. This bill also provides that nothing shall prevent a person who prescribes or dispenses a controlled substance from redisclosing information obtained from the Prescription Monitoring Program to another prescriber or dispenser who prescribes or dispenses a controlled substance to a recipient. This bill is identical to SB 1029 (Puckett).


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