(a) An HIE, person, therapist, facility, agency, interdisciplinary team, integrated health system, business associate, covered entity, or entity facilitating the establishment or operation of an HIE may, without a recipient’s consent, disclose the existence of a recipient’s record to a record locator service, master patient index, or other directory or services necessary to support and enable the establishment and operation of an HIE.
     (b) As used in this Section:
         (1) the term “disclosure” has the meaning ascribed to