FORTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SPECIAL SESSION

August 18, 2008

SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ___4___ to HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 5, as amended

Amendment sponsored by Senator Steve Komadina

    1. On page 3, strike line 25.

    2. On page 4, strike lines 1 through 3 and insert in lieu thereof:

"arrangement among persons participating in a defined third party secure electronic network service, such as a regional health information organization, that allows the sharing of health care information about individual patients among different health care institutions or unaffiliated providers. The use of an electronic medical record system by a health care provider or by an organized health care arrangement as defined by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 does not constitute a record locator service;".

    3. On page 4, line 16, after "means", strike the remainder of the line, strike lines 17 and 18 and on line 19, strike "individual" and insert in lieu thereof:

"an information service that locates health care information of a specified individual across different health care institutions or unaffiliated providers that participate in the service. The use of an electronic medical record system by a health care provider or by an organized health care arrangement as defined by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 does not constitute a record locator service". 

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                                      Steve Komadina

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          (Chief Clerk)                (Chief Clerk)

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