1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 1726 as follows:
1.2Page 2, line 23, delete "participants" and insert "providers"
1.3Page 6, line 4, before "A" insert "(a)"
1.4Page 6, line 9, after the period, insert "Only a provider may access patient identifying
1.5information in a record locator service."
1.6Page 6, after line 11, insert:
1.7    "(b) A health information exchange maintaining a record locator service or an entity
1.8maintaining a record locator service for a health information exchange must maintain an
1.9audit log of providers accessing information in a record locator service that minimally
1.10contains information on:
1.11    (1) the identity of the provider accessing the information;
1.12    (2) the identity of the patient whose information was accessed by the provider; and
1.13    (3) the date the information was accessed.
1.14    (c) No group purchaser may in any way require a provider to participate in any
1.15record locator service as a condition of payment or participation."
1.16Page 6, line 12, before "In" insert "(a)"
1.17Page 6, after line 16, insert:
1.18    "(b) When a health record is released using a representation from a provider that
1.19holds a consent from the patient, the releasing provider shall document:
1.20    (1) the provider requesting the health records;
1.21    (2) the identity of the patient:
1.22    (3) the health records requested; and
1.23    (4) the date the health records were requested."
1.24Page 10, after line 18, insert:
1.25    "Subd. 3. Liability for a Record Locator Service. A patient is eligible to receive
1.26compensatory damages plus costs and reasonable attorney fees if a health information
1.27exchange maintaining a record locator service or an entity maintaining a record locator
2.1service for a health information exchange, negligently or intentionally violates the
2.2provisions of section 144.293, subdivision 8."