…”Patients may not even know that their data is released,” Greg Dolin, a University of Baltimore law professor and senior litigation counsel at the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit that defends constitutional rights, tells Reason.
Since the bill’s main thrust seems to be aimed at reimbursement and financial issues, it’s unclear whether patient data would be directly jeopardized. But if an attorney general seeks prescription information under the bill’s provisions, “it’s not clear who would represent patients’ interest,” says Dolin…