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IN HB1297
Bill
Status
1/12/2016
Primary Sponsor
Christopher Judy
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AI Summary
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Prohibits practitioners and medical records custodians from disclosing information about a patient's firearm ownership or access gathered during the practitioner-patient relationship, except by court order, threat to health/safety, mental health referral, or written patient consent.
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Prohibits practitioners and medical records custodians from using electronic medical record systems that require entry of firearm ownership data to complete and save patient records.
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Prohibits professional regulatory boards from requiring practitioners to inquire about firearm ownership, document firearm ownership in medical records, or notify government entities of patients' identities based solely on firearm ownership.
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Prohibits political subdivisions from adopting ordinances, resolutions, policies, or rules that require practitioners to inquire about firearm ownership, document firearm ownership, or report patients to government entities based on firearm status; any such measures are void.
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Allows practitioners to voluntarily inquire about and document firearm ownership if medically indicated and if the inquiry complies with state and federal law.
Legislative Description
Firearm ownership and medical records. Prohibits a practitioner or medical records custodian from disclosing certain information relating to a patient's ownership of a firearm. Prohibits a political subdivision or the board regulating a practitioner from requiring the practitioner to: (1) inquire whether a patient owns a firearm; (2) document in a patient's medical record whether the patient owns a firearm; or (3) notify any governmental entity of the patient's identification solely on the basis of the patient's ownership of a firearm.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
1/12/2016