2026 Regular Session Mississippi Health Information Exchange; create. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A STATEWIDE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE THAT PROVIDES REAL-TIME BIDIRECTIONAL PATIENT ADMISSION, DISCHARGE AND TRANSFER DATA, AND OTHERWISE FACILITATES THE SECURE ELECTRONIC SHARING OF HEALTH INFORMATION BETWEEN LICENSED HOSPITALS AND PRACTITIONERS, PAYERS, PUBLIC HEALTH ENTITIES AND OTHERS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXCHANGE SHALL BE DEVELOPED AND ADMINISTERED BY A DESIGNATED ENTITY SELECTED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS; TO SPECIFY THE AUTHORIZED AND REQUIRED PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXCHANGE; TO PROVIDE THAT PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXCHANGE ARE PERMITTED TO RETRIEVE OR ACCESS IDENTIFIED DATA ONLY FOR PATIENTS OR INSUREDS WITH WHOM THE PARTICIPANT HAS A TREATMENT, PAYMENT OR HEALTH CARE OPERATIONS RELATIONSHIP; TO PROVIDE THAT PARTICIPANTS SHALL GRANT TO OTHER PARTICIPANTS A NONEXCLUSIVE LICENSE TO RETRIEVE AND USE IDENTIFIED DATA RELATED TO THEIR OWN PATIENTS OR INSUREDS; TO SPECIFY CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT MUST BE MET BY THE DESIGNATED ENTITY SELECTED TO DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER THE EXCHANGE; TO PROVIDE THAT RECORDS TRANSMITTED TO OR FROM THE EXCHANGE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACT; TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE FUND AS A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING PARTICIPANT CONNECTION TO, SUBSCRIPTION FOR, AND ONGOING PARTICIPATION IN THE EXCHANGE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 03/03/26 at 19:01 H B 534 House Bill 534 HB 534 H Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority Passage Public Health and Human Services F ../../House_cmtes/PH.xml Public Health and Welfare T ../../Senate_cmtes/PH.xml Creekmore IV ../../House_authors/Creekmore_IV.xml 1 01/12 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services 2 01/20 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 01/21 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted 4 01/21 (H) Passed ../../../../2026/pdf/votes/house/0160003.pdf 5 01/21 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Crawford, Creekmore IV, Felsher) 6 01/22 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled 7 01/22 (H) Transmitted To Senate 8 01/23 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare 9 03/03 (S) Died In Committee ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0534PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0534PS.htm ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0534IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0534IN.htm ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0534CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0534CS.htm ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0534PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0534PS.htm Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) Lost ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB0534_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm ../../../../../documents/2026/html/ham/HB0534_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB0534.pdf