Indiana 2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 290 — Patient health information.

Last action — First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Defines the term "diagnostic imaging service" (service). Requires the person or entity responsible for the performance of a service to provide a patient or the patient's designee with a notification containing information related to the status of the service. Specifies certain exceptions. Requires a notification to contain the following information: (1) The name of the health care provider responsible for ordering the service. (2) The date of the service. (3) The date the complete results for a service were sent to the health care provider responsible for requesting the service. Specifies how a notification may be sent. Requires a notification to be sent to a patient or the patient's designee not later than 20 days after the complete results of a service are sent to the physician responsible for requesting the service. Specifies that the obligation to send a service notification exists in addition to any other notice requirement required by state or federal law. Requires the state department of health (department) to: (1) enforce compliance with the notification requirement as part of the department's licensure responsibilities; (2) establish a complaint procedure for noncompliance; and (3) make the complaint procedure visible on the department's publicly accessible Internet web site. Provides the department with rulemaking authority for the purpose of investigating and enforcing notification obligations.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services

  2. Authored by Senator Grooms

Sponsors

  • Ronald Grooms · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Ronald Grooms

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (149)

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 290 do?
Defines the term "diagnostic imaging service" (service). Requires the person or entity responsible for the performance of a service to provide a patient or the patient's designee with a notification containing information related to the status of the service. Specifies certain exceptions. Requires a notification to contain the following information: (1) The name of the health care provider responsible for ordering the service. (2) The date of the service. (3) The date the complete results for a service were sent to the health care provider responsible for requesting the service. Specifies how a notification may be sent. Requires a notification to be sent to a patient or the patient's designee not later than 20 days after the complete results of a service are sent to the physician responsible for requesting the service. Specifies that the obligation to send a service notification exists in addition to any other notice requirement required by state or federal law. Requires the state department of health (department) to: (1) enforce compliance with the notification requirement as part of the department's licensure responsibilities; (2) establish a complaint procedure for noncompliance; and (3) make the complaint procedure visible on the department's publicly accessible Internet web site. Provides the department with rulemaking authority for the purpose of investigating and enforcing notification obligations.
Who sponsors SB 290?
SB 290 is sponsored by Ronald Grooms.
What is the current status of SB 290?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 290?
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