ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO No. 2020-4 - AMENDED AND RE-ISSUED
(MEDICAL DATA-SHARING REQUIREMENTS)
Issued and Effective: January 15, 2021
WHEREAS, The Municipal Code of Chicago ("Code") authorizes the Commissioner of Health ofthe City of Chicago to implement emergency measures to stop the spread of communicable diseases, and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the City's residents, including but not limited to authority granted in Sections 2-112-030, 2-112-080, and 2-112-160(a)(4) of the Code; and
WHEREAS, COVID-19 is a communicable disease that presents an extraordinarily severe and unprecedented threat to the residents of Chicago. It is necessary and appropriate for the Commissioner of Health to take immediate measures to protect the health, safety, and welfare ofthe City's residents; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago Department of Public Health ("CDPH") is a public authority authorized pursuant to Code Sections 2-112-150(c), 2-112-160(a)(7) and 2-112-160(a)(9) to request, collect, receive and maintain confidential information, records and data, including protected health information ("PHI") consistent with 77 III. Adm. Code 690.200(d)(6) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") Privacy Standards for the purpose" of preventing or controlling disease; now, therefore,
The Commissioner of Health ofthe City of Chicago hereby orders as follows:
SECTION 1. (a) All acute care and long-term hospitals located within the City of Chicago shall provide to the Commissioner of Health or her designee ("Commissioner") access to such electronic health records and other data as the Commissioner may require, in such forms and formats and pursuant to schedules that the Commissioner shall reasonably specify through written guidelines, with the goal of enabling CDPH, either directly or indirectly with or through a designated third party, to accurately monitor and interpret COVID-19-related medical information and efficient...
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