Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for all recipients of medical assistance who are enrolled in a Medicaid Managed Care Entity, information concerning sensitive health services, including information concerning consultations, examinations, and treatments, shall not be divulged directly or indirectly to any person, including by sending a bill for such services or by sending an explanation of benefits provided by the Medicaid Managed Care Entity, unless the recipient who received the sensitive health services requests the information from the Medicaid Managed Care Entity. Provides that the term "Medicaid Managed Care Entity" includes, but is not limited to, Care Coordination Entities, Accountable Care Entities, Managed Care Community Networks, and Managed Care Organizations. Defines "sensitive health services". Provides that nothing in this provision shall be construed to relieve a Medicaid Managed Care Entity or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services of its duty to report incidents of sexually transmitted infections to the Department of Public Health or to the local board of health in accordance with regulations adopted under a statute or ordinance, or to report incidents of sexually transmitted infections as necessary to comply with certain requirements under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or as otherwise required by State or federal law. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-10-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB1754 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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