3.0.0 2538 2022-11-01T13:49:52Z 2022-11-01T14:33:59Z Senate S 2019-09-24 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-09-24T19:13:42Z 2019-09-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-09-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N Health Health care costs and insurance Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health 00 2019-09-24 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-05T22:09:12Z National Patient Identifier Repeal Act of 2019

This bill repeals the requirement that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adopt a standard unique health identifier for each individual, employer, health plan, and health care provider.

Historically, language has been included in annual appropriations bills for HHS that prohibits the use of federal funds related to the development of a unique individual identifier. In 2019, however, an appropriations bill passed the House of Representatives without such a prohibition.

]]> National Patient Identifier Repeal Act of 2019 Display Title National Patient Identifier Repeal Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced National Patient Identifier Repeal Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement for unique health identifiers. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2538is/xml/BILLS-116s2538is.xml 2019-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.