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                                     LRB093 03318 AMC 12972 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 459

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill  459  on  page  1,
 3    line 11, by replacing "an" with "a final"; and

 4    on  page  2, line 13, after "that", by inserting "so requests
 5    and"; and

 6    on page 4, by deleting lines 6 through 14; and

 7    on page 4,  immediately  below  line  25,  by  inserting  the
 8    following:

 9        "Section 50.  Confidentiality.  Adverse actions by a peer
10    review  committee  of  a hospital or other health care entity
11    are confidential as provided by State and federal law and may
12    not be  redisclosed  by  a  health  carrier  without  written
13    consent  of  the licensed health care professional, except as
14    provided by State and federal law.".