Sec. 38a-983. (Formerly Sec. 38-508). Access to recorded personal information.

(b) Any personal information provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall identify the source of the information if it is an institutional source.

(c) Medical-record information supplied by a medical-care institution or medical professional and requested under subsection (a) of this section, together with the identity of the medical professional or medical-care institution which provided such information, shall be supplied either directly to the individual or to a medical professional designated by the individual and licensed to provide medical care with respect to the condition to which the information relates by the insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization. If it elects to disclose the information to a medical professional designated by the individual, the insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization shall notify the individual, at the time of the disclosure, that it has provided the information to the medical professional.

(d) Except for personal information provided under section 38a-985 , an insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization may charge a reasonable fee to cover the costs incurred in providing a copy of recorded personal information to individuals.

(e) The obligations imposed by this section upon an insurance institution or agent may be satisfied by another insurance institution or agent authorized to act on its behalf. With respect to the copying and disclosure of recorded personal information pursuant to a request under subsection (a) of this section, an insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization may make arrangements with an insurance-support organization or a consumer reporting agency to copy and disclose such information on its behalf.

(f) The rights granted to individuals in this section shall extend to all individuals to the extent information concerning them is collected and maintained by an insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization in connection with an insurance transaction. The rights granted to all individuals by this subsection shall not extend to information concerning them that relates to and is collected in connection with or in reasonable anticipation of, a claim or a civil or criminal proceeding involving them.

(g) For purposes of this section, the term “insurance-support organization” does not include “consumer reporting agency”.