Starting Jan. 1, companies became entitled to receive a list of their employees and family members — identified by number or some other code, but not by name — whose health bills exceeded $15,000 during the previous year. Employers also can obtain the diagnoses, dates of service, amounts paid, prognoses, future costs and treatment plans for each. chron This seems like a terrible idea.
I work a lot with HIPAA and I would be surprised if an insurance company can comply with this law without violating HIPAA. While HIPAA does not supersede all state laws on disclosure of protected health information, HIPAA does provide that the applicable law is which ever law is more restrictive of production. Therefore, I would think that insurance companies would refuse to comply on the basis of HIPAA.
LOL! I worked with HIPPA for 5 years before starting this new gig where I deal with FERPA. I am also thinking this cannot be done without violating HIPPA.
I'm a Native Texan. I've got a relative chiseled into the side of the San Jacinto monument. I love my state. Having said that, we have some of the worst idiots in the country as Governor, Lt. Governor, and Speaker. Totally in the pocket of special interests and at the expense of the people of this state. Past time to clean them out and vote for a Change at the top. This is so wrong. And once that information is out there, the genie has left the bottle. You are screwed. I hope someone sues somebody and stops it! We could start by giving Democrats a big enough majority at the Federal level to repeal this stupid law, along with a Democratic President to sign the legislation. Impeach Bush.
i was with you until there. this is a state issue, why involve the federal government? throw out gov good hair and his band of merry men (dewherst, craddick, and all the rest). the last thing we need is big brother stepping in on this.
It goes without saying that the GOP leadership in Texas needs to go, but what they did is based on Federal "privacy" laws, privacy being a joke, considering the intent. Impeach Bush.
I think the feds have already inacted a law that stops the Texas statute. Unfortunately, those laws are commonly called HIPAA. Since both Clinton and Bush had a hand in HIPAA, it is obviously a bad regulatory framework, but it is the best we got.
oh duhh, my mind went blank... i do like when states give the federal government the finger (legalized medical mar1juana) and go defy them, but something like this is just dumb. take this law to the courts!
What??? If "Law & Order" has episodes based entirely around HIPPA then it must be a freaking boring show. lol
If this manages to fly, it's going to have terrible repercussions for people with lifelong manageable conditions (like diabetes, for example). Beyond that, it's yet another horrible invasion of the personal lives of people based upon the supposed sanctity of the "employee-employer" relationship in a "free market".
It s ridiculous. It clearly is designed to target employees. This is one of the many reasons why we need universal coverage and remove employers from the equation. Employer's goals divurge quickly from a sick employee's. And there may be way around HIPAA (Lil Pun, you worked with HIPAA for 5 years... and still spell it HIPPA? Is that why you changed to FERPA? ) We all sign releases of HIPAA information for valid business reasons. Our hope probably lies with the potential for wrongful termination suits, but they could be difficult to prove.
LOL! Whenever I type double letter like that I will sometimes make the mistake of typing the wrong letter twice, my bad. Compared to HIPAA though, FERPA is a lot easier to deal with in my experiences though.
