3.0.0 2630 2023-01-11T13:19:07Z 2023-01-11T13:19:07Z House H HR 2009-05-21 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-06-02T16:50:15Z Referred to 2009-05-21T14:13:42Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-05-21T14:13:43Z 2009-06-02 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-05-21 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 2009-05-21 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-05-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1242-1243) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000583 Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] RON PAUL R TX 14 N C001076 Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] Jason Chaffetz R UT 3 2010-07-20 False Health Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health information and medical records Right of privacy Health 00 2009-05-21 Introduced in House 2009-06-05T18:52:01Z Protect Patients and Physicians Privacy Act - Grants individuals the ability to opt out of any federally mandated, created, or funded electronic system for maintaining health care information.

Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to repeal: (1) the requirement that the Secretary of Health and Human Servives adopt standards providing for standard unique health identifiers; and (2) the offense of wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information.

Prohibits the use of federal funds to support, encourage, or otherwise promote the use of standard unique health identifiers in any federal, state, or private health care plan.

Requires informed consent for the sharing from electronic medical records of any information created pursuant to a federally mandated, created, or funded program.

Prohibits health information from an individual medical record from being placed in a federally mandated, created, or funded electronic system of health information, absent a signed, informed consent from the patient involved.

States that the federal government may not require a health care provider to participate in any federally mandated, created, or funded electronic system of maintaining health care information.

Prohibits sanctions against a health care provider for failing to participate in such a system.

]]> Protect Patients and Physicians Privacy Act Display Title Protect Patients and Physicians Privacy Act Official Title as Introduced To protect the privacy of patients and physicians. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Protect Patients and Physicians Privacy Act Introduced in House 2009-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2630ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2630ih.xml 2009-06-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.