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Sen. Hodges introduces statewide health‑care provider directory; committee raises privacy concerns for small counties
Summary
Sen. Hodges presented SB 131 to create a statewide health‑care provider directory listing provider characteristics for planning and consumer use; committee members warned that combining age, gender and specialty in small counties could identify individual providers.
Sen. Hodges, a sponsor of Senate Bill 131, told the committee the bill would establish a statewide health‑care website listing providers by age, language proficiency, gender, practice location and license type to aid planners and consumers.
The measure, Hodges said, would publish month and year of birth, city, county and ZIP code but “no personal information.” He said the intent is to help identify geographic shortages of particular types of health‑care providers so planners “don’t have…
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