MEMORANDUM

A meeting of the Law Revision Commission Advisory Committee on Confidentiality of Medical Records has been set for Wednesday, September 23, 1998, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Hearing Room 1A in the Legislative Office Building, Hartford, CT.

The Agenda is as follows:

1. Approval of minutes of September 9 meeting. (Attachment A.)

2. Review of sections 2-101 through 2-105 of Uniform Act.

3 Other business.

I am enclosing:

(i) a Connecticut privacy bill, raised bill 5704, considered during the 1996 legislative session,

(ii) a memorandum of the American Medical Association concerning confidentiality of patient information,

(iii) an article entitled "Health Information Privacy Reform",

(iv) a position paper on confidentiality entitled "ACOEM Position on the Confidentiality of Medical Information in the Workplace,

(v) an article entitled "Privacy and Security of Personal Information in a New Health Care System",

(vi) an article entitled "Users and Uses of Patient Records",

(vii) an article entitled "The Computer-based Patient Record and Confidentiality",

(viii) a 1994 AMA Policy Statement re confidentiality,

(ix) an article on medical history in the September 14 Law Tribune,

(x) a memo from me with a selection of definitions of "health care provider" and "health care" from the sources indicated, and

(xi) a memo from me with a list of Connecticut health care licensure categories.

If you have questions, please give me a call.

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