Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition.
Adds a section, amending GS 122C-52(b), clarifying that, except as authorized, no individual with access to confidential information may disclose the information; however, a HIPAA covered entity or business associate receiving confidential information that has been disclosed under GS 122C-53 through 122C-56 may use and disclose the information as allowed under 45 CFR Part 164, Subpart E. Amends GS 122C-55(a6), clarifying that health care providers and other entities receiving confidential information that was disclosed under subsection (a6) may use and disclose the information as permitted or required under federal regulation (previously, permitted providers and entities receiving confidential information from DHHS’s Community Care of North Carolina Program or other primary care case management to use and disclose the information to conduct assessment and improvement activities or coordinate care, treatment, or habitation). Makes other conforming and clarifying changes.