Any data or information pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, or health of any enrollee or applicant obtained from such person or from any provider by any health maintenance organization shall be held in confidence and shall not be disclosed to any person except to the extent that it may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter; or upon the express consent of the enrollee or applicant; or pursuant to statute or court order for the production of evidence or the discovery thereof; or in the event of claim or litigation between such person and the health maintenance organization wherein such data or information is pertinent. A health maintenance organization shall be entitled to claim any statutory privileges against such disclosure which the provider who furnished such information to the health maintenance organization is entitled to claim.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 21A - Health Maintenance Organizations.
Section 27-21A-1 - Definitions.
Section 27-21A-2 - Establishment of Health Maintenance Organizations.
Section 27-21A-3 - Issuance of Certificate of Authority.
Section 27-21A-4 - Powers of Health Maintenance Organizations.
Section 27-21A-5 - Governing Body.
Section 27-21A-6 - Fiduciary Responsibilities of Directors, Officers, Employees, and Partners.
Section 27-21A-7 - Evidence of Coverage and Charges for Health Care Services.
Section 27-21A-8 - Reporting Requirements.
Section 27-21A-9 - Information to Enrollees.
Section 27-21A-10 - Complaint System.
Section 27-21A-11 - Investments.
Section 27-21A-12 - Protection Against Insolvency.
Section 27-21A-13 - Prohibited Practices.
Section 27-21A-14 - Regulation of Producers.
Section 27-21A-15 - Powers of Insurers and Health Care Service Plans.
Section 27-21A-16 - Examination.
Section 27-21A-17 - Suspension or Revocation of Certificate of Authority.
Section 27-21A-19 - Regulations.
Section 27-21A-20 - Administrative Procedures.
Section 27-21A-22 - Penalties and Enforcement.
Section 27-21A-23 - Statutory Construction and Relationship to Other Laws.
Section 27-21A-24 - Filings and Reports as Public Documents.
Section 27-21A-25 - Confidentiality of Medical Information.
Section 27-21A-26 - State Health Officer's and Commissioner's Authority to Contract.
Section 27-21A-27 - Acquisition of Control of or Merger of a Health Maintenance Organization.
Section 27-21A-29 - Existing Health Maintenance Organizations.
Section 27-21A-30 - Coordination of Benefits.
Section 27-21A-31 - Health Maintenance Organization Advisory Council.