00                    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 121(L&C) am                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to release of information in individual workers' compensation records;                                 
02 and providing for an effective date."                                                                                   
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 23.30.107(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (b)  Medical or rehabilitation records, and the employee's social security                               
06       number, electronic mail address, and telephone number contained on any record,                                
07       in an employee's file maintained by the division or held by the board or the                                  
08       commission are not public records subject to public inspection and copying under                              
09       AS 40.25. This subsection does not prohibit                                                                       
10                 (1)  the reemployment benefits administrator, the division, the board,                                  
11       the commission, or the department from releasing medical or rehabilitation records in                         
12       an employee's file, without the employee's consent, to a physician providing medical                              
13       services under AS 23.30.095(k) or 23.30.110(g), a party to a claim filed by the                                   
14       employee, or a governmental agency; or                                                                            

01                 (2)  the quoting or discussing of medical or rehabilitation records                                     
02       contained in an employee's file during a hearing on a claim for compensation or in a                              
03       decision or [AND] order of the board or commission.                                                       
04    * Sec. 2. AS 23.30.107 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
05            (d)  An employee may elect to authorize the disclosure of the employee's social                              
06       security number, electronic mail address, and telephone number contained in a record                              
07       described in (b) of this section by signing a declaration on a form provided by the                               
08       division.                                                                                                         
09      * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).