MED INFO CONFIDENTIALITY ACT House SponsorsRep. John A. Fritchey-Lou Lang 1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die New Act20 ILCS 505/35.1from Ch. 23, par. 5035.1325 ILCS 5/11.1a325 ILCS 5/11.2from Ch. 23, par. 2061.2410 ILCS 50/3from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403410 ILCS 305/15from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7315740 ILCS 110/5from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 805 Creates the Medical Information Confidentiality Act. Provides that a health care provider, health care service plan (such as an HMO), or contractor (such as a medical group) may not disclose medical information regarding a patient of the provider or an enrollee or subscriber of the health care service plan without first obtaining an authorization. Provides for exceptions. States the requirements that an authorization must meet. Provides that a patient whose medical information has been disclosed in violation of the Act and who has sustained economic loss or personal injury may recover damages, and provides that a violation that results in such loss or injury is a Class C misdemeanor. Provides for the assessment of civil penalties for violations of the Act. Prohibits a waiver permitting the disclosure of information that otherwise may not be disclosed. Amends the Children and Family Services Act, the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, the AIDS Confidentiality Act, and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act to provide that in the case of a conflict between those Acts and the Medical Information Confidentiality Act, those Acts control. Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act to provide for the right of each patient to privacy and confidentiality in health care as provided in the Medical Information Confidentiality Act (instead of particularizing the details of that right). 2/13/2003HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. John A. Fritchey 2/14/2003HouseFirst Reading 2/14/2003HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/19/2003HouseAssigned to Consumer Protection Committee 2/27/2003HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang 3/13/2003HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die