Bill > LB746

This bill amends the Population Health Information Act by removing outdated provisions related to the mandatory participation deadlines for health care facilities and health insurance plans in a designated health information exchange, which is a system designed to facilitate the sharing of health data to improve healthcare in Nebraska. Specifically, it removes the September 30, 2021, deadline for health care facilities to participate and the January 1, 2022, deadline for health insurance plans to participate, as well as a deadline for an agreement between the health information exchange and the department regarding de-identified data. The bill also repeals the original section of law that contained these now-obsolete provisions. The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is mentioned as a key privacy and security framework governing the sharing of patient health information.

Health and Social Services

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