PHARMACIES-PROTECT PRIVACY

Urges pharmacies in the State of Illinois to insist on a warrant or court order prior to releasing patient information to protect Americans' reasonable expectations of privacy and constitutional principles. Urges the Congress of the United States to pass further positive legislation to reinforce Americans' reasonable expectations of privacy in medical data and to protect Americans' reasonable expectations of privacy and constitutional principles. Urges the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider further strengthening its HIPAA regulations to more closely align them with Americans' reasonable expectations of privacy and constitutional principles.