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Bill aims to tighten oversight of FACN medical reviews and ensure parents’ access to records
Summary
House Bill 20 71 would clarify HIPAA access to FACN medical reviews and bar FACN members who previously reviewed a DFPS case from later providing FACN consultations, to reduce conflicts and ensure parents and attorneys can obtain the medical records relied on in investigations.
House Bill 20 71 revisits earlier reforms aimed at the Forensic Assessment Center Network (FACN) and seeks to close loopholes that advocates say have allowed medical reviews to become gatekeepers to child abuse investigations without ordinary parental access to records or opportunity for independent second opinions.
The bill would clarify that FACN medical reviews that become part of a child's medical record are subject to HIPAA and are accessible to…
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