PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2229
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, line 5, after "family" insert "or designated individual"; strike "definition" insert "definitions"
Line 7, after "family" insert "or to a designated individual. The authorization must be in writing and include a release that complies with the health insurance portability and accountability act privacy standards (45 Code of Federal Regulations part 164, subpart E)"
Line 9, after "family" insert "or to the designated individual"; after the period insert "The department shall provide the medical record within fifteen calendar days after receiving the prisoner's authorization to release the medical record. Pursuant to sections 31-221 and 39-121.01, the department may charge a fee to copy and produce the prisoner's medical record."
Line 10, after "family" insert "or the designated individual"
Line 13, strike "medical professional" insert "physician"
Line 15, after the period insert "The department is not required to accept or otherwise implement the recommendation but shall promptly submit the recommendation to the department's contracted inmate healthcare vendor for the vendor's clinical consideration and to determine if the recommendation is medically indicated. If the department's contracted inmate healthcare vendor determines that the recommendation is not medically indicated, the vendor shall promptly place a written clinical explanation for the decision in the prisoner's medical record."
Page 1, line 16, strike the comma insert ":
1."
After line 19, insert:
"2. "Physician" means a physician who holds an active license in good standing issued by any state."
Amend title to conform