3.0.0 5295 2023-01-11T13:20:11Z 2023-01-11T13:20:11Z House H HR 2010-05-13 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-05-13T14:00:52Z 2010-05-13 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2010-05-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-05-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001155 Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1] John Sullivan R OK 1 N S001157 Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] David Scott D GA 13 2010-05-13 True M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2010-05-13 True C000059 Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44] KEN CALVERT R CA 44 2010-05-20 False Y000031 Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] C. W. Young R FL Bill 10 2010-05-25 False G000554 Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8] Gabrielle Giffords D AZ 8 2010-07-13 False B001257 Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9] Gus Bilirakis R FL M. 9 2010-07-29 False C001061 Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] Emanuel Cleaver D MO 5 2010-09-15 False S001175 Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12] Jackie Speier D CA 12 2010-09-29 False Health Consumer affairs Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Health personnel Licensing and registrations Marketing and advertising Medical ethics Health 00 2010-05-13 Introduced in House 2010-07-19T19:47:54Z Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010 - Prohibits any person from making any deceptive or misleading statement, or engaging in any deceptive or misleading act, that: (1) misrepresents whether such person holds a state health care license; or (2) misrepresents such person's education, training, degree, license, or clinical expertise.

Requires any person who is advertising health care services provided by such person to disclose the applicable license under which such person is authorized to provide those services.

Deems a violation of this Act to be an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study and report to Congress on health care professionals' misrepresentations under this Act.

Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed or have the effect of changing state scope of practice for any health care professional.

]]> Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010 Display Title Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To ensure that patients receive accurate health care information by prohibiting misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services, and to require the identification of the license of health care professionals. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5295ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5295ih.xml 2010-05-13 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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.