AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT
Summary
Amends provisions relative to confidentiality of health care communications and the process for requesting records and/or confidential health care information.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 2, 2024
Last action May 17, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2024
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
May 16, 2024
D
Democratic30
96% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 17, 2024
Committee
05/17/2024 Referred to House Judiciary
lower
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
05/16/2024 Senate read and passed
upper
May 9, 2024
Legislature · Passed
05/09/2024 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 9, 2024
Committee
04/09/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Apr 2, 2024
Introduced
04/02/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Josh Miller
DDemocratic
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