HB 18-1032

House Bill 18-1032, which has been signed into law, allows the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to share individual patient information from their emergency medical services database with health information organizations. This sharing must comply with HIPAA regulations, ensuring that patient data is used only for purposes allowed under federal privacy laws. The bill affects patients who receive emergency medical care in Colorado and aims to improve the coordination and accessibility of healthcare information between different providers.

Official Summary

The bill requires the department of public health and environment to provide individualized patient information from the department's EMS agency patient care database to health information organization networks for any use allowed under the federal 'Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996' (HIPAA). By contract with health information organization networks, the department must control access to patient information and limit the use of patient information to only those purposes allowed under HIPAA. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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