Senate Bill 1167 Summary

• Amends section 36-135 to allow nonprofit health information organizations designated as the state's official health information exchange to receive and use childhood immunization data under HIPAA privacy standards, but prohibits use for federal vaccine databases or discrimination based on vaccination status.

• Modifies section 36-135 to clarify that health information organizations may only redisclose immunization information as permitted under HIPAA privacy standards (45 CFR parts 160 and 164, subpart E).

• Amends section 36-664 to allow state and local health departments to disclose communicable disease information to the state's designated official health information exchange organization, subject to the same HIPAA privacy standards restrictions.

• Adds language restricting the health information exchange organization's use of communicable disease data to purposes allowed under HIPAA, regardless of whether information is maintained by covered entities or business associates.

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