HOUSE AMENDMENT
hbd-06 Bill No. CS/HB 1219
Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 Representative(s) Brown offered the following:
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13 Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 25. Section 626.9651, Florida Statutes, is
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20 626.9651 Privacy.--The department shall adopt rules
21 consistent with other provisions of the Insurance Code to
22 govern the use of a consumer's nonpublic personal financial
23 and health information. These rules shall be based on,
24 consistent with, and not more restrictive than the National
25 Association of Insurance Commissioners' Privacy of Consumer
26 Financial and Health Information Regulation adopted September
27 26, 2000, by the National Association of Insurance
28 Commissioners, provided, however, the rules shall permit the
29 use and disclosure of nonpublic personal health information
30 for scientific, medical, or public policy research in
31 accordance with federal law. In addition, these rules shall
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
hbd-06 Bill No. CS/HB 1219
Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)
1 be consistent with, and not more restrictive than, the
2 standards contained in Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
3 of 1999 (Pub. L. No. 106-102). Any health insurer or health
4 maintenance organization determined by the department to be in
5 compliance with, or to be actively undertaking compliance
6 with, the consumer privacy protection rules promulgated by the
7 United States Department of Health and Human Services, in
8 conformance with the Health Insurance Portability and
9 Affordability Act, shall be deemed in compliance with this
10 section. This section shall take effect July 1, 2001.
11 Section 26. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
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15 And the title is amended as follows:
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17 remove from the title of the bill: agents
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20 creating s. 626.9651, F.S.; directing the
21 department to adopt rules to govern the use of
22 a consumer's nonpublic personal financial and
23 health information by health insurers and
24 health maintenance organizations; providing
25 standards governing the rules;
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