5234-S AMS BECK BUCK 426

SSB 5234 - S AMD 159

By Senator Becker

NOT CONSIDERED 05/25/2011

    On page 8, line 35, after "(9)" insert "A description of how people involved with the collection, transportation, and disposal of covered drugs will be trained to understand the privacy protections of the federal health insurance portability and accountability act and the penalties for improper disclosure of protected information.  People receiving this training must sign an acknowledgment of their understanding of these requirements.  Signed acknowledgments must be retained by the corporation in order to verify that the training required by this subsection has occurred;

    (10)"

    Renumber the remaining subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

EFFECT:  Requires people involved in the collection, transportation, and disposal of covered drugs to be trained in the privacy protections of HIPAA. They must sign an acknowledgment that they understand the training they receive and this acknowledgment must be retained by the medicine return corporation.

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