SB 188

Abstract

Amends the Consent by Minors to Health Care Services Act. Allows a parent who consents to the performance upon his or her child of a health care service to request to inspect and copy the child's records or any part thereof so long as it is related to the health care service the parent consented to. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Allows the personal representative under HIPAA of a recipient to request to inspect and copy a recipient's record or any part thereof, regardless of the age of the recipient. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that a parent who consents to the performance upon his or her child of a health care service under this Section shall be entitled, upon request, to inspect and copy the child's records or any part thereof related to a health care service for which the parent is treated as the child's personal representative (rather than related to the health care service the parent consented to). House Floor Amendment No. 2 In the Consent by Minors to Health Care Services Act, provides that a parent who consents to the performance upon the parent's child of a health care service shall be entitled, upon request, to inspect and copy the part of that child's records (rather than to inspect and copy the child's records or any part thereof) related to the specific health care service for which the parent is treated as the child's personal representative under HIPAA. Provides that each appointment, referral, test, treatment, procedure, or other medical intervention is a separate and distinct health care service for the purpose of determining whether a parent is treated as the child's personal representative under HIPAA with respect to that health care service.