Bill entitled an Act to provide for a duty for health services providers to share, in certain circumstances, a patient’s personal health data with other health services providers also providing care and treatment to the patient; to provide for the creation and assignment of a Digital Health Record in respect of every patient; to provide for the information that shall be contained in a Digital Health Record; to provide for access to all, or part of, a Digital Health Record by certain categories of person; to provide for the restriction of such access in certain circumstances; to provide a patient with information in relation to access to his or her Digital Health Record; to provide for the Minister to make regulations for the purposes of this Act; to provide for the purposes in relation to which a Digital Health Record may be used; to provide that the Health Service Executive may enter into reciprocal arrangements with other jurisdictions in relation to the exchange of information contained in a Digital Health Record; to provide that the Health Service Executive may request health services providers to provide the Health Service Executive with certain classes of personal health data; to provide that the Health Service Executive may request certain persons to provide the Health Service Executive with certain categories of health information; to provide that the Health Service Executive may make an application to the Circuit Court where a person fails to comply with a request; to provide for the purposes for which the Health Service Executive may use health information provided to it in accordance with this Act; to provide that the Health Service Executive shall prepare and publish guidelines for the purposes of this Act; and to provide for related matters.
Last updated: 8 Nov 2024
History of this Bill
The Bill lapsed with the dissolution of the Dáil and Seanad
08 Nov 2024
Dáil Éireann
Seanad Éireann
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Dáil First Stage
19 Jul 2024
Dáil First Stage
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19 Jul 2024
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Dáil Second Stage
25 Sep 2024
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The general principles of the Bill are debated
25 Sep 2024
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Future Stage
19 Jul 2024
As initiated
Health Information Bill 2024
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Debates
25 Sep 2024
Dáil Éireann
Health Information Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee
25 Sep 2024
Dáil Éireann
Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed)
25 Sep 2024
Dáil Éireann
Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage