HB 24-1217

House Bill 24-1217, titled "Sharing of Patient Health-Care Information," aims to create a system where patients can control how their medical data is shared among healthcare providers, family members, and other organizations. By January 1, 2026, a working group will report on the feasibility of establishing this digital consent repository. Additionally, by July 1, 2025, the Department of Human Services must develop a form for patients to share information with their treating professionals or facilities about their mental health and substance use services. The bill has been signed into law and is now effective as of May 28, 2024.

Official Summary

The office of e-health innovation in the governor's office is required to convene a working group to determine the feasibility of creating a centralized digital consent repository that allows patients to provide, extend, deny, and revoke consent for sharing their medical data and information between physical and behavioral health-care providers, family members, community organizations, payers, and state agencies at any time. By January 1, 2026, the working group is required to submit a report including recommendations regarding the feasibility of creating the centralized digital consent repository to specified committees of the general assembly. On or before July 1, 2025, the behavioral health administration in the department of human services (department) is required to create a friends and family input form to allow an individual to provide a treating professional or a licensed or designated facility or organization with information related to a patient receiving mental health or substance use services. For the 2024-25 state fiscal year, $50,604 is appropriated to the department to implement the act. APPROVED by Governor May 28, 2024 EFFECTIVE May 28, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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