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SB 998: Enhancing Patient Care Continuums

GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Garcia

Enhancing Patient Care Continuums; Providing that patients have a right to expect their health care records to be shared between their health care providers; revising the purpose and functions of the Office of Rural Health; requiring rural health networks to use health information exchange systems for specified purposes; revising criteria for Department of Health approval of certain cooperative agreements in certified rural health networks; requiring hospitals to use health information exchange systems to provide certain notification to a patient’s primary care provider, if any, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2022
 Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/18/2021 Senate • Filed
12/13/2021 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 67
1/11/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 67
3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Health Policy