No. SB 1540
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Missing Endangered Persons; Authorizing hospitals to disclose specified information about admitted patients to law enforcement agencies for a specified purpose and under certain circumstances; authorizing hospitals to search and use hospital records of admitted patients to identify potential matches to persons listed as missing on the Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDHospitals can now disclose specific patient details to law enforcement to help identify missing endangered persons.
This includes sensitive data like Social Security numbers, blood type, and physical descriptions.
Hospitals are also authorized to search their own records to find potential matches to missing persons.
The Agency for Health Care Administration will create rules for how hospitals must report these matches.
AIPermits hospitals to share specific patient data with law enforcement to identify missing persons.
AIAllows hospitals to search their own records to match admitted patients against missing person databases.
AIGrants the Agency for Health Care Administration power to create uniform reporting rules for hospitals.