This bill requires that professional competence review records that contain information that directly identifies a patient are considered part of the patient's health care information, must be provided protection under the laws of this State as well as under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and must be available to the patient. Current law prohibits the patient access to professional competence review records.

This bill prohibits the subject of a medical malpractice complaint and the subject's attorneys from contacting the physician of the medical malpractice claimant except as authorized by the claimant's attorney.