SECOND REGULAR SESSION
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHAAF.
Read 1st time January 23, 2006 and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 191.317, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to genetics and metabolic disease programs.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 191.317, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 191.317, to read as follows:
191.317. All testing results and personal information obtained from any individual, or from specimens from any individual, shall be held confidential and be considered a confidential medical record, except for such information as the individual, parent or guardian consents to be released; but the individual must first be fully informed of the scope of the information requests to be released, of the risks, benefits and purposes for such release, and of the identity of those to whom the information will be released. Notwithstanding any provision of section 375.1309, RSMo, to the contrary, no consent shall be required for the department to disclose such testing results and information to a health care provider providing treatment to such individual. Statistical data compiled without reference to the identity of any individual shall not be declared confidential.
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