Senate Bill 1271 Summary

• Adds "residential care facility" and "skilled nursing facility" to the definition of "health care organization" in Idaho Code Section 39-1392a.

• Expands the definition of "emergency medical services personnel" to include ambulance-based clinicians as defined in emergency medical services rules.

• Extends privilege and confidentiality exceptions in Section 39-1392e to include claims against residential care facilities and skilled nursing facilities, not just hospitals and physicians.

• Allows claimants against health care organizations to inquire about investigations, disciplinary matters, and dispositions regarding the quality or propriety of health care provided.

• Permits health care organizations to voluntarily disclose peer review information without judicial order if all investigated personnel consent and no other patients' confidential information is disclosed.