GA 19-15-3 - GA 19-15-3

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Authority of Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel and local child fatality review committees. - Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel and local child fatality review committees are public health authorities as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1966, Pub. L. No. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936, and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act by the Department of Health and Human Services, as such they are authorized to receive public health information, including reports of child abuse and neglect, and they are authorized to obtain protected health information from covered entities under the Act's public health exception. 2004 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 2004-9. <h3...