Andrew Brenner Co-Sponsored (Introduced) this Legislation.
Title: Authorizes Oral, Written, Electronic, or Telephonic Consent for Contact Tracing of Infectious Diseases
Title: Authorizes Oral, Written, Electronic, or Telephonic Consent for Contact Tracing of Infectious Diseases
Title: Authorizes Oral, Written, Electronic, or Telephonic Consent for Contact Tracing of Infectious Diseases
Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes oral, written, electronic, or telephonic consent for contact tracing of contagious diseases.
Authorizes the governor to adopt an order to trace and monitor contacts of individuals infected with a contagious disease, subject to voluntary participation requiring oral, written, electronic, or telephonic consent (Sec. 1).
Specifies that if a department, division, board of health, or a person or government entity under contract with any of the foregoing, including a health care facility, engages in efforts to trace and monitor the contacts of individuals infected with a contagious disease, all of the following apply (Sec. 1):
No individual will be required to comply with tracing and monitoring efforts;
Each individual contacted for participation in tracing and monitoring efforts must provide oral, written, electronic, or telephonic consent before the next step in the process may proceed;
No penalty will be imposed on an individual for refusing to participate in the tracing and monitoring process, including withholding medical treatment from the individual based on the refusal; and
Any record created during the tracing and monitoring process is not a public record.
Title: Exempts Mental Health Records from Disclosure under Public Records Law
Title: Exempts Mental Health Records from Disclosure under Public Records Law