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Missouri bill would clarify access to fire and emergency medical incident records
Summary
A bill heard in the Missouri House committee would add emergency responders to the list of entities whose incident reports may be obtained under state public-records law, closing a gap because fire departments are not billing entities covered by HIPAA.
Representative Tim Taylor, sponsor of House Bill 457, told the House Committee on Elementary and Secondary Education that the bill aims to close a gap between state public-records law and federal HIPAA protections for medical records.
"HIPAA covers those individuals or entities that do billing. So your medical records are covered and protected. But because the fire departments are not billing entities, information that, say, me as an officer on the scene collects about your medical information ... is available right now," Representative Tim Taylor…
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