3.0.0 6712 2019-11-15T21:15:58Z 2019-11-15T21:15:58Z House H HR 2012-12-27 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. RICHARDSON:H.R. 6712.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H7436]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-12-27T19:01:05Z 2012-12-27 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2012-12-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-12-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000581 Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] Laura Richardson D CA 37 N Health Child health Family relationships Government information and archives Health information and medical records Mental health Health 00 2012-12-27 Introduced in House 2013-02-13T16:59:12Z Elgin Stafford Mental Illness Information Disclosure Act of 2012 or Elgin's Law - Requires a health care professional to disclose to a parent of a covered individual being treated for a mental illness any information regarding the mental illness and treatment which may be useful for the parent's appropriate involvement with the treatment. Excludes exceptional circumstances where parental involvement would be counter-productive to treatment. Makes such a disclosure permissible under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as not requiring consent of the covered individual.

Applies this Act to a minor child, an uninsured adult under age 26, or an adult under age 26 who is included as a dependent under the parent's health benefits coverage.

]]> Elgin's Law Short Titles as Introduced Elgin's Law Short Titles as Introduced Elgin Stafford Mental Illness Information Disclosure Act of 2012 Display Title Elgin's Law Official Title as Introduced To require the disclosure to parents of information regarding mental illness treatment for their children under the age of 26. Introduced in House 2012-12-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6712ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6712ih.xml 2012-12-27 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.