Duty LXD-6837
Handles health records, in Connecticut
Sale and marketing disclosure of individually identifiable medical record information prohibitedsince 2 lines
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-988a · Read the law's page
- Do not sell or offer for sale individually identifiable medical record information, whether you are an insurance institution, agent, insurance support organization, health care professional, medical care center, pharmacy, pharmaceutical company, school or university, or a person's agent, contractor or employee (section 38a-988a(a)).
- Do not disclose individually identifiable medical record information for marketing purposes without the prior written consent of the individual or, for a minor, of the minor's parent or guardian. The section does not bar a disclosure permitted by section 38a-988 or other law, a transfer by a health care provider for research, utilization review, quality review, billing or direct patient care functions on the terms stated, or a transfer as part of a consummated sale or merger (section 38a-988a(a)).
Access to medical records and notification of test resultsin force4 lines
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-7c · Read the law's page
- If you are a provider, supply to a patient on request complete and current information you possess about the patient's diagnosis, treatment and prognosis, and notify the patient of any test results in your possession or that you requested for diagnosis, treatment or prognosis, except as subsection (e) allows (section 20-7c(b)).
- If you are a clinical laboratory, on the request of a patient or of a provider who ordered the tests, provide medical test results to the patient or to any other provider treating the patient (section 20-7c(b)).
- On a written request of a patient, the patient's attorney or authorized representative, or on a written authorization, furnish a copy of the patient's health record, including bills, x-rays, laboratory reports, prescription records and other technical information, within thirty days of the request, and do not charge more than sixty-five cents per page, with the exceptions section 20-7c(d) states (section 20-7c(d)).
- Do not refuse to return to a patient original records or copies the patient brought from another provider, and do not refuse a patient who decides not to seek care from a successor provider the original or copied records of a retired or deceased provider (section 20-7c(d)).