Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 484, 2nd Eng.
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11  Senator Peaden moved the following amendment to House
12  amendment (410947):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 20, lines 529-543, delete those lines
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18         (1)  Information about patients receivedons
19  employed by, or providing services to, a home health agency or
20  received by the licensing agency through reports or inspection
21  shall be confidential and exempt from the provisions of s.
22  119.07(1) and shall only not be disclosed to any person, other
23  than the patient, as permitted under the provisions of 45
24  C.F.R. ss. 160.102, 160.103, and 164, subpart A, commonly
25  referred to as the HIPAA Privacy Regulation; except that
26  clinical records described in ss. 381.004, 384.29, 385.202,
27  392.65, 394.4615, 395.404, 397.501, and 760.40 shall be
28  disclosed as authorized in those sections without the written
29  consent of that patient or the patient's guardian.
30         (2)  This section does not apply to information
31  lawfully requested by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the
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    Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 484, 2nd Eng.
                        Barcode 775626
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 9         confidential patient information; amending s.
10         400.506, F.S.;
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