SB285 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Greg J. Reed

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Public Health Dept., hospitals, discharge date, reporting collection, and release, privacy to be maintained, civil penalties, adoption of rules, release of data to Ala. Hospital Association

Description

Under existing law, the Department of Public Health licenses and regulates certain health care facilities. The department also accumulates and disseminates statistical health information on births, deaths, and cancer cases in this state.

Existing law does not provide for the comprehensive statewide collection of hospital discharge data by the department.

This bill would provide for the statewide reporting and collection of hospital discharge data by the Department of Public Health. The department would be required to adopt rules for the protection, collection, and dissemination of the hospital discharge data and would be authorized to release limited data sets which are compliant with federal and state law. The bill would also establish a council to advise the department on rules necessary to carry out the act and provide for confidentiality and privilege protection for patient information provided pursuant to the act.

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Subjects

Public Health Department