3.0.0 2827 2023-01-14T22:48:46Z 2023-01-14T22:48:46Z Senate S S 2004-09-22 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-09-22T19:01:21Z Patients' Privacy Protection Act of 2004 108 5126 HR 2004-11-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Identical bill CRS 2004-09-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2004-09-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9526) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2004-09-23 False J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2004-09-23 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2004-09-23 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2004-09-23 False C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2004-09-23 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2004-09-23 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2004-09-29 False Law Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil procedure Confidential communications Criminal procedure Evidence (Law) Health Medical records Patients' rights Physician-patient privilege Right of privacy Law 00 2004-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2004-11-30T20:47:18Z Patients' Privacy Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to declare that a patient has a privilege with respect to any evidence consisting of a confidential communication or record made in the course of medical treatment by a duly licensed health care provider.

Authorizes a court to order the disclosure of such a communication or record to the extent the court determines that the public interest in disclosure significantly outweighs the patient's privacy interests. Requires the court to ensure that personally identifiable information is redacted and that the patient's communications and records remain under seal.

]]> Patients' Privacy Protection Act of 2004 Display Title Patients' Privacy Protection Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to create an explicit privilege to preserve medical privacy. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Patients' Privacy Protection Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-22T04:00:00Z 2004-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.