HB 2100 Summary

• Amends section 36-135 to allow nonprofit health information organizations designated as the state's official health information exchange to receive, use, and redisclose child immunization data for any purpose permitted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy standards, regardless of whether data is maintained by a covered entity or business associate.

• Amends section 36-664 to grant nonprofit health information organizations designated as the state's official health information exchange authority to receive, use, and redisclose communicable disease related information for any purpose allowed under HIPAA privacy standards, with the same flexibility regarding covered entity or business associate status.

• Changes terminology in both sections from "permitted" to "allowed" when describing authorized disclosures of confidential health information.

• Designates the act as an emergency measure operative immediately upon enactment.