HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 1607
    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)
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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) 
14         On page 6, between lines 20 and 21, of the amendment
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17         Section 4.  Section 626.9651, Florida Statutes, is
18  created to read:
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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    File original & 9 copies    04/12/01                          
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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. 10 11 12 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 13 And the title is amended as follows: 14 On page 17, line 3, of the amendment 15 remove: 16 17 after the semicolon insert: 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; 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 04/12/01 hci0001 11:59 am 01607-hp -690407