HP0953
LD 1363
First Regular Session - 124th Maine Legislature
C "A", Filing Number H-407
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LR 1846
Item 2
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Amend the bill in section 5 in chapter 152 in §411 in subsection 1 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 31 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: " system" the following: ' or a municipal health department'

Amend the bill in section 5 in chapter 152 in §411 in subsection 1 in the 3rd line (page 1, line 32 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: " system" the following: ' or a municipal health department'

Amend the bill in section 5 in chapter 152 in §411 in subsection 6 in the last line (page 2, line 25 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: " systems" the following: ' or municipal health departments'

Amend the bill in section 5 in chapter 152 in §411 by inserting after subsection 9 the following:

10 Municipal health department.   "Municipal health department" means a health department or division that is established pursuant to municipal charter or ordinance in accordance with Title 30-A, chapter 141 and accredited by a national federally recognized credentialing process.

Amend the bill in section 5 in chapter 152 in §411 by renumbering the subsections to read consecutively.

Amend the bill in section 5 in chapter 152 in §412 by inserting after subsection 4 the following:

5 Municipal health departments.   Municipal health departments may enter into data-sharing agreements with the department for the exchange of public health data determined by the department to be necessary for protection of the public health. A data-sharing agreement under this subsection must protect the confidentiality and security of individually identifiable health information as required by state and federal law.

Amend the bill in section 5 in chapter 152 in §412 by renumbering the subsections to read consecutively.

Amend the bill in section 6 in the 2nd line (page 7, line 2 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "5" and inserting the following: '6'

summary

This amendment provides a definition for "municipal health department" and provides for accreditation of municipal health departments. It adds a provision that allows municipal health departments to enter into data-sharing agreements with the Department of Health and Human Services if the agreement protects the confidentiality and security of individually identifiable health information.


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