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Committee advances bill letting judges and certain records request limits on public data; hospitals raise questions
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance House Bill 662, which would let judges ask state entities to withhold certain personal identifying information and would limit the public release of some identifiers on medical review paperwork, sponsors said.
The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday passed House Bill 662, a bill sponsors described as intended to limit public disclosure of personally identifiable information for judges and to remove identifying numbers from certain medical examiner-related records.
Representative John Blanton, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure allows judges to petition state government entities (for example, motor vehicle or voting records) to withhold…
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