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IN SB0163
Bill
Status
3/21/2016
Primary Sponsor
Patricia Miller
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AI Summary
Senate Enrolled Act No. 163 Summary
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State department must study costs and benefits of establishing a health care consents database, including establishment and maintenance costs, data access and security requirements, and voluntary filing processes; findings due to legislative council by October 1, 2016, and section expires December 31, 2017.
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State department may use cancer registry information to investigate cancer diagnosis incidence in specific geographic regions and share confidential patient information with local health departments when needed for investigations, provided information is directly connected to the investigation and patient provides written consent.
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Cancer registry must record all malignant disease cases and other tumors or precancerous diseases required by federal law, federal regulation, or the National Program of Cancer Registries that are diagnosed or treated in Indiana.
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Spinal cord and brain injury research board composition expanded to 11 members appointed by governor, universities, and national associations; board reviews research applications, makes grants to qualifying health care clinics, and submits annual financial reports to governor and legislature by January 30 each year.
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Local child fatality review teams must submit annual reports to state coordinator by July 1 containing data summaries, prevention recommendations, and proposed system improvements; reports cannot identify specific fatalities and teams reviewing fewer than two fatalities may submit joint reports.
Legislative Description
Department of health matters. Allows the state department of health (state department) to use information from the cancer registry to conduct an investigation into the incidence of cancer diagnosis in a geographic region and to share the information with a local health department if certain conditions are met. Allows a local child fatality team to investigate the death of a child whose death occurred in the area served by the local child fatality review team. Requires that a report must be submitted to the state child fatality review coordinator before July 1 each year. Requires the state department to study
Last Action
Public Law 29
3/21/2016