SB1282sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Heather A. Steans

Filed: 3/10/2011

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1282

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1282 as follows:

on page 2, by replacing lines 24 through 26 with the following: "surgical cases. Claims and encounter data submitted under this Act shall not include a patient's name, address, or Social Security number; provided, however, that the Department may require, by rule, the inclusion of a unique patient identifier that may be based upon the last four digits of the patient's Social Security number. The Department shall promulgate regulations to protect the patient's rights of confidentiality and privacy. The regulations shall ensure that patient names, addresses, social security numbers, or any other data that the Department believes could be used to determine the identity of an individual patient shall be stored and processed in the most secure manner possible.".