As if Illinois lawmakers aren’t doing enough to control your life, they now want to track your vaccination status with a state immunization data registry.
HB 4244 “Provides that health care providers, physician’s designees, or pharmacist’s designees shall (rather than may) provide immunization data to be entered into the immunization data registry.” Your private medical information will be reported to the Department of Public Health to be entered into a vaccine data registry.
We believe that HB 4244 is a violation of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) and the 1974 Right of Privacy Act. Medical treatment and identifiable records are both protected confidential information between a patient and doctor, not government officials or government databases.
HIPPA protects all “individually identifiable health information” from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge. HB 4244 violates HIPPA.
The 1974 Right of Privacy Act prohibits the disclosure of personally identifiable information without the consent of the individual. HB 4244 violates the 1974 Rights of Privacy Act.
Take Action: HB 4244 is scheduled to be heard in the Human Services Committee on Wednesday at 9:00 AM.
1). Click HERE to file a witness slip:
-Fill out your name, address, email and phone number. Put “self” under Firm/Business.
-Highlight “Opponent” and “Record of Appearance Only.”
-Check Terms of Agreement and click Create Slip.
2). Click HERE to send an email directly to your state rep, as the bill is expected to pass out of committee.
The Department of Health has no right to access our private medical records.
