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641.261  Other reporting requirements.--

(1)  Each authorized health maintenance organization shall provide records and information to the ¹Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services pursuant to s. 409.910(22) for the sole purpose of identifying potential coverage for claims filed with the ¹Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services and its fiscal agents for payment of medical services under the Medicaid program.

(2)  Any information provided by a health maintenance organization under this section to the ¹Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services shall not be considered a violation of any right of confidentiality or contract that the health maintenance organization may have with covered persons. The health maintenance organization is immune from any liability that it may otherwise incur through its release of information to the ¹Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services under this section.

History.--s. 6, ch. 87-377; s. 1, ch. 88-303; s. 8, ch. 90-232; s. 37, ch. 90-295; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 68, ch. 91-282; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 44, ch. 95-211.

¹Note.--The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was redesignated as the Department of Children and Family Services by s. 5, ch. 96-403, and the Department of Health was created by s. 8, ch. 96-403.