A4695

Establishes centralized electronic health information exchange infrastructure to facilitate reentry into civilian life for recently incarcerated.

The bill establishes a centralized electronic health information exchange infrastructure to facilitate the reentry into civilian life for recently incarcerated persons. The New Jersey Health Information Technology Commission is tasked with creating this infrastructure, which will electronically store and share a patient’s health information. This infrastructure is designed to ensure compliance with federal and state privacy laws and to facilitate the exchange of health information between health care professionals, the Department of Corrections, jails or prisons, prisoner reentry programs.