Integrating Behavioral and Physical Health Care in New Jersey Legal Requirements for the Sharing of Patient Health Information among Treatment Providers

This legal analysis identifies barriers to sharing patient health information when integrating physical and behavioral health care.

The report summarizes federal and New Jersey law relevant to patient health information data-sharing between providers, identifies the barriers and challenges to health data sharing between providers as related to these laws, and advises the State as to how best facilitate the sharing of patient health information between providers for the purposes of physical and behavioral health integration.