CHAPTER 127
H.P. 676 - L.D. 966
An Act To Conform the Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act to Federal Privacy Rules
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §2215, sub-§1, ¶P, as amended by PL 2001, c. 457, §21, is further amended to read:
P. To an affiliate whose only use of the information will be in connection with an audit of the regulated insurance entity or the marketing of a product or service of the affiliate, if the information disclosed for marketing purposes does not include health care information and if the affiliate agrees not to disclose the information for any other purpose or to unaffiliated persons; or
Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §2215, sub-§1, ¶Q, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 457, §22, is amended to read:
Q. In order to protect the public health and welfare, to state governmental entities only insofar as necessary to enable those entities to perform their duties when reporting is required or authorized by law.; or
Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §2215, sub-§1, ¶R is enacted to read:
R. By a regulated insurance entity that is also a covered entity or is a business associate of a covered entity under the standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information, 45 Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 160 and 164 (2004), if the disclosure is made for purposes of treatment, payment or health care operations of the disclosing or receiving entity and is made in full compliance with the requirements of the standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information and any applicable business associate agreement.
Effective September 17, 2005.
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