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Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act Amended – Health Records Maintained by Qualifying Health Care Providers Must Be Stored in the U.S., U.S. Territories, and Canada Only

Triage Health Law

CS/CS/SB 264 also amended Florida licensure requirements for qualifying health care providers, obligating licensees to comply with the amended requirements of the Act, particularly as related to the security and storage of personal medical information outside of U.S. health data) to foreign jurisdictions. HIPAA and the Act.

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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

NASHP

Funding for state and local health departments decreased 17 percent between 2009 and 2019, while experts estimate that an additional $4.5 billion per year is necessary to ensure access to basic public health services.[1] billion per year is necessary to ensure access to basic public health services.”