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Panel advances bill updating Department of Disability name and medical-record rules
Summary
The Population Health Committee voted unanimously to advance House Bill 0104, which updates statutory references to the Department of Disability and Aging, extends required medical-record retention for service providers and clarifies that a conservator may disclose medical information only when a court has authorized that right.
House Bill 0104, sponsor Representative Raper, was advanced by the Population Health Committee after a brief explanation and an 8-0 committee vote.
The bill makes mostly technical changes to replace outdated agency names — swapping references to the former Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for the Department of Disability and Aging — and updates code language to current terminology. Representative Raper told the committee that 14 to 16 sections of current law require only nominal edits to reflect the agency's current name and coding conventions.
Two provisions go beyond name changes. Section 12 extends existing record-keeping requirements to service providers that maintain "important medical information," changing the duration those records must be kept to align with current state standards. Section 13 clarifies that a conservator does not automatically have the right to disclose a service recipient's important medical information; instead, disclosure authority must be granted by a court.
The bill faced no amendments and little committee discussion. The clerk read the vote as 8 ayes and 0 noes; the committee chair announced that the bill will move to full Health Committee consideration.
Representative Raper thanked the chair and committee after the vote.
