Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 804
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/14/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Brandes) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 118 - 133
    4  and insert:
    5         (2) The de-identified electronic health records or
    6  qualified electronic health records may be given to one or more
    7  donees that are accredited medical or dental schools, colleges,
    8  universities, hospitals, or repositories for the purposes of
    9  educating or developing diagnoses, treatment choices, policies,
   10  health care system designs, and innovations to improve health
   11  outcomes and reduce health care costs. Electronic health records
   12  or qualified electronic health records with a donor’s
   13  identifying information may be given to a donee upon written
   14  consent of the donor. The donees must be approved by the
   15  Department of Health and may be specified by name.
   16         (3) Any electronic health records or qualified electronic
   17  health records donated by a health care surrogate or proxy
   18  designated by the decedent pursuant to part II of this chapter
   19  must be de-identified, unless the donee provides written consent
   20  stating that his or her identifying information may be included
   21  with such records, and such donation must be made by a document
   22  signed by that person or made by that person’s witnessed
   23  telephonic discussion, telegraphic message, or other recorded
   24  message.
   25         (4) A donor may amend the terms of or revoke a donation of
   26  electronic health records or qualified electronic health records
   27  by any of the following means:
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   30  And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete lines 12 - 13
   32  and insert:
   33         health records donated by a health care surrogate or
   34         proxy to be de-identified; authorizing electronic
   35         health records and qualified electronic health records
   36         to contain a donor’s identifying information under
   37         certain conditions; authorizing a donor to amend the