Florida Statutes 400.494 – Information about patients confidential
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 400.494
- Agency: means the Agency for Health Care Administration. See Florida Statutes 400.462
- Department: means the Department of Children and Families. See Florida Statutes 400.462
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Patient: means any person who receives home health services in his or her home or place of residence. See Florida Statutes 400.462
- person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
(1) Information about patients received by persons employed by, or providing services to, a home health agency or received by the licensing agency through reports or inspection shall be confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and shall only be disclosed to any person, other than the patient, as permitted under the provisions of 45 C.F.R. § ss. 160.102, 160.103, and 164, subpart A, commonly referred to as the HIPAA Privacy Regulation; except that clinical records described in ss. 381.004, 384.29, 385.202, 392.65, 394.4615, 395.404, 397.501, and 760.40 shall be disclosed as authorized in those sections.
(2) This section does not apply to information lawfully requested by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Department of Legal Affairs.