Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, “chronic disease” means one (1) of the following conditions: (1) Asthma. (2) Diabetes. (3) Congestive heart failure or coronary heart disease. (4) Hypertension. (5) Kidney disease. (6) A condition that the state department: (A) determines should be included on the registry; and (B) chooses to add to the […]
Sec. 10. The state department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out this chapter. As added by P.L.212-2003, SEC.3.
Sec. 2. The state department, with the cooperation of the office of Medicaid policy and planning, shall establish a chronic disease registry for the purpose of: (1) recording chronic disease cases that are diagnosed or treated in Indiana; and (2) compiling necessary and appropriate information determined by the state department concerning cases described in subdivision […]
Sec. 3. The state department may use information compiled by a public or private entity to the greatest extent possible in the development of a statewide chronic disease registry under this chapter. As added by P.L.212-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.143-2022, SEC.48.
Sec. 4. (a) The following persons may report confirmed cases of chronic disease to the chronic disease registry: (1) Physicians. (2) Hospitals. (3) Medical laboratories. (4) Public and private third party payers. (b) A person who reports information to the state chronic disease registry under this section may use: (1) information submitted to any other […]
Sec. 5. Except as provided in sections 6, 7, and 8 of this chapter, information obtained by the state department under this chapter concerning chronic disease patients is confidential and may be used by the state department only for the purposes of this chapter. As added by P.L.212-2003, SEC.3.
Sec. 6. The state department may grant a researcher access to confidential information obtained under this chapter concerning individual chronic disease patients if the researcher who is requesting additional information for research purposes or soliciting the patient’s participation in a research project obtains the following: (1) First, the oral or written consent of the patient’s […]
Sec. 7. The state department may release confidential information obtained under this chapter concerning individual chronic disease patients to the following: (1) The chronic disease registry of another state if the following conditions are met: (A) The other state has entered into a reciprocal agreement with the state department. (B) The reciprocal agreement under clause […]
Sec. 8. A person who reports information for the chronic disease registry under this chapter is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be imposed because of the release of confidential information. As added by P.L.212-2003, SEC.3.
Sec. 9. This chapter does not prevent the release to any interested person of epidemiological information that does not identify a chronic disease patient. As added by P.L.212-2003, SEC.3.
