HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1607
Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 The Committee on Health Promotion offered the following:
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13 Amendment to Amendment (823559) (with title amendment)
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17 Section 4. Section 626.9651, Florida Statutes, is
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19 626.9651 Privacy.--The department shall adopt rules
20 consistent with other provisions of the Insurance Code to
21 govern the use of a consumer's nonpublic personal financial
22 and health information. These rules shall be based on,
23 consistent with, and not more restrictive than the National
24 Association of Insurance Commissioners' Privacy of Consumer
25 Financial and Health Information Regulation adopted September
26 26, 2000, by the National Association of Insurance
27 Commissioners, provided, however, the rules shall permit the
28 use and disclosure of nonpublic personal health information
29 for scientific, medical, or public policy research in
30 accordance with federal law. In addition, these rules shall
31 be consistent with, and not more restrictive than, the
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1607
Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)
1 standards contained in Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
2 of 1999 (public law 106-102). Any health insurer or health
3 maintenance organization determined by the department to be in
4 compliance with, or to be actively undertaking compliance
5 with, the consumer privacy protection rules promulgated by the
6 United States Department of Health and Human Services, in
7 conformance with the Health Insurance Portability and
8 Affordability Act, shall be deemed in compliance with this
9 section. This section shall become effective July 1, 2001.
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13 And the title is amended as follows:
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18 creating s. 626.9651, F.S.; directing the
19 department to adopt rules to govern the use of
20 a consumer's nonpublic personal financial and
21 health information by health insurers and
22 health maintenance organizations; providing
23 standards governing the rules;
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