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Challenges/Solutions (continued)
- Challenge: Variation created by state privacy and security laws
- State law governing privacy and security is scattered, fragmented, sometimes inconsistent or contradictory within a state, and frequently does not apply sensibly to electronic exchange.
- Solution: 9 states implementing solutions related to state law
- Producing a catalog of existing relevant statutes and administrative regulations
- Developing a road map of current P&S laws/statutes
- Developing model legislation to harmonize on multistate issues such as consent
- Completing a legal analysis to determine what changes need to be made to ensure privacy and security
- Reforming state privacy laws to address electronic HIE
- Drafting legislation for 2008 session
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