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MT HB590

Bill

Status

Passed

5/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Greg Oblander

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Health carriers must establish and maintain five application programming interfaces (APIs) for insureds and providers: patient access, provider directory, provider access, payer-to-payer exchange, and prior authorization, following CMS federal standards and timelines
  • Dental-only and vision-only plans are exempt from the API requirements
  • Insurance commissioner may grant deadline extensions to health carriers that demonstrate compliance would be unduly burdensome or cause economic harm, with approved extensions published on the commissioner's website
  • Health care providers are prohibited from information blocking; sensitive test results (cancer pathology/radiology, genetic markers, HIV, hepatitis) must be released to patients within 72 hours of finalization or when the provider directs release, whichever is first
  • Effective date: July 1, 2026

Legislative Description

Generally revise laws related to electronic health care records

Safety

Last Action

Chapter Number Assigned

5/19/2025

Committee Referrals

Business, Labor and Economic Affairs3/14/2025
Business & Labor2/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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