AB 278 Summary

• Authorizes the Office of Health Information Integrity to establish and administer health information exchange demonstration projects funded by federal HITECH Act grants and other non-General Fund sources.

• Allows health care entities and governmental authorities to apply to participate as demonstration project participants to test solutions for secure health information exchange, patient consent policies, and implementation issues.

• Permits the office to approve up to four demonstration projects annually based on criteria including building consumer trust, supporting federal meaningful use provisions, and stakeholder recommendations.

• Requires the office to report demonstration project results to specified legislative committees within six months after each project ends.

• Becomes inoperative and is repealed when the Director declares that the federal grant period for health information exchange has ended.