With respect to the amendments to Title 63

• Requires healthcare professionals who are considered business associates to comply with HIPAA and the federal Information Blocking Rule
• Prohibits a health care provider requesting a medical laboratory test from engaging in information blocking (as defined by federal law)
• This section does not apply to persons or entities licensed under Title 63 or Title 68

With respect to the amendments to Title 68

• Requires a business associate (as defined by HIPAA) to comply with the federal Information Blocking Rule
• Authorizes the State Attorney General to institute an action for injunctive relief to restrain violations of the federal Information Blocking Rule and/or to seek civil penalties

With respect to the amendments to Title 47

• Prohibits a business associate from entering into a contract with a person or entity that would restrict a patient or their representative from accessing the patient’s electronic health record
• Makes it an unlawful restraint of trade or commerce to intentionally violate federal laws relating to information blocking and subjecting such violations to the same civil and criminal penalties as a violation of Section 47-25-101

With respect to the amendments to Title 56

• Requires a health insurance entity to establish and maintain a patient access application programming interface (API), provider directory API, provider access API, payer-to-payer API, and prior authorization API in accordance with CMS interoperability standards for these APIs by the compliance date(s) set by CMS for these APIs
• Provides that the commissioner of commerce and insurance may promulgate rules to implement these requirements