{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-17-48h-30","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 17:48H-30","heading":"Confidentiality of data, information; exceptions","body":"30.  Any data or information relating to the diagnosis, treatment or health of an enrollee, prospective enrollee or contract holder obtained by a certified or licensed organized delivery system from the carrier, contract holder, enrollee, prospective enrollee or any provider shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person except:\na.\tTo the extent that it may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act;\nb.\tUpon the express consent of the enrollee, prospective enrollee or contract holder;\nc.\tPursuant to statute or court order for the production of evidence or the discovery thereof;\nd.\tIn the event of a claim or litigation between an enrollee, a prospective enrollee or a contract holder and the organized delivery system wherein that data or information is relevant.  An organized delivery system shall be entitled to claim any statutory privilege against disclosure which the provider who furnished the information to the system is entitled to claim;\ne.\tFor epidemiological and outcomes research when the identity of the enrollee, prospective enrollee or contract holder is protected through  the use of anonymized information.  For the purposes of this subsection, \"anonymized information\" means information that has been coded or encrypted to protect the identity of the enrollee, prospective enrollee or contract holder in such a manner that decoding or unencryption of the information can occur only with the use of a key that is available only to authorized persons and utilized only as deemed necessary by those persons, and the unauthorized use of which is subject to such penalties as are prescribed by law; or\nf.\tUpon the informed consent of the enrollee, prospective enrollee or contract holder, which  is obtained for research that  has been approved by an institutional review board, in accordance with  federal requirements for informed consent under 21C.F.R.50 et seq.  or 45C.F.R.46 et seq.\nL.1999, c.409, s.30; amended 2001, c.112.","path":["TITLE 17 CORPORATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR FINANCE \t\t\tAND INSURANCE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"45cf75562824dc599de76199ca450e6e6aabd33cf018f9dd03cf29b5e0c915b8","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-17-48h-29","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-17-48h-31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}