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2020 SESSION
SB 386 Emergency Medical Services Patient Care Information System; trauma data, confidentiality.
Introduced by: Jeremy S. McPike | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Emergency Medical Services Patient Care Information System; trauma data; confidentiality. Authorizes the State Health Commissioner to disclose certain confidential data in the Emergency Medical Services Patient Care Information System, including information, research, or medical data that identifies patients by name or address, to certain entities that seek to improve the delivery of prehospital and hospital emergency medical services, the quality of patient care, and access to medical services or to make other system improvements, if the Commissioner determines that such disclosure is necessary to develop and implement such improvements. The bill requires the Board of Health to develop and approve a policy specific to the sharing of data from the Emergency Medical Services Patient Care Information System.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Emergency Medical Services Patient Care Information System; trauma data; confidentiality. Authorizes the State Health Commissioner to disclose certain confidential data in the Emergency Medical Services Patient Care Information System, including information, research, or medical data that identifies patients by name or address, with entities that seek to improve the delivery of prehospital and hospital emergency medical services, the quality of patient care, and access to medical services or to make other system improvements.