3.0.0 2599 2019-11-15T21:48:32Z 2019-11-15T21:48:32Z House H HR 2005-05-24 109 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2005-07-01T21:09:02Z Referred to 2005-05-24T13:02:15Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-06-17T15:37:33Z Referred to 2005-05-24T13:02:10Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-06-06T18:19:59Z Referred to 2005-05-24T13:02:05Z 2005-07-01 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Committee 2005-06-17 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. Committee 2005-06-06 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-05-24 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2005-05-24 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-05-24 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-24 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-05-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000409 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] DANA ROHRABACHER R CA 46 N Health Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Bank accounts Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clinical trials Coinsurance Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Department of Health and Human Services Drug approvals Drug industry Drug interactions Drugs Excise tax Executive reorganization Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government property Government publicity Governmental investigations Health insurance Imports Income tax Insurance premiums Intellectual property Inventions Labeling Law Licenses Marketing Medical economics Medical records Medical savings accounts Minorities Minority health Ombudsman Packaging Patent infringement Patents Patient satisfaction Patients' rights Pharmaceutical research Pharmacies Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Tax credits Tax deductions Tax exclusion Tax exemption Tax penalties Taxation Trusts and trustees Wholesale trade Women Women's health Health 00 2005-05-24 Introduced in House 2005-08-09T15:42:11Z Medical Independence, Privacy, and Innovation Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to deduct all uncompensated medical expenses paid for by the taxpayer (currently, only medical expenses exceeding 7.5% of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income are deductible).

Sets forth the tax treatment for medical checking accounts, including: (1) exempting such accounts from certain taxes; (2) allowing individuals a deduction and a credit for contributions to such accounts; and (3) excluding from gross income any amounts paid or distributed from such an account which are used to pay qualified medical expenses of an account holder.

Decreases the minimum annual deductibles under a high deductible health plan for purposes of health savings accounts or Archer medical savings accounts.

Makes modifications to regulations regarding the privacy of individually identifiable health information.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate the Universal Health Privacy Declaration to allow an individual to prohibit a health care provider from using or disclosing the individual's protected health information for treatment without prior consent.

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) modify the definition of a drug to exclude articles intended for mitigation or prevention of disease in man or other animals; (2) remove the requirement that a new drug application must include information on the drug's effectiveness; and (3) specify patent information that must be included in an application for approval of a new drug.

Prohibits the granting of an exclusive or partially exclusive license regarding an invention made with federal assistance, with certain exceptions.

Revises provisions requiring promulgation of regulations permitting the importation of prescription drugs by deleting the requirement that such regulations include additional provisions the Secretary determines to be appropriate as a safeguard to protect the public health or facilitate importation.]]>

Medical Independence, Privacy, and Innovation Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Medical Independence, Privacy, and Innovation Act of 2005 Display Title Medical Independence, Privacy, and Innovation Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To improve the quality, availability, diversity, personal privacy, and innovation of health care in the United States. Introduced in House 2005-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr2599ih/xml/BILLS-109hr2599ih.xml 2005-07-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. 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.