410 ILCS 532/15: Patient direction to share health information.

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

(a) A patient may direct private health care information to be shared, in whole or in part, with a specific covered entity located outside the State through an electronic health network in accordance with 45 CFR 171.202(b)(1). A patient may also revoke a prior decision to direct private health care information to be shared or not to be shared.

(b) An electronic health network shall make available to covered entities meaningful information regarding a patient's right to direct the electronic health network to share the patient's private health care information.

(c) The Department of Public Health may publish, on its website, information about this Act in English, Spanish, and any other languages the Department deems necessary.