3.0.0 5027 2023-01-11T13:43:47Z 2023-01-11T13:43:47Z Senate S 2020-12-16 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-12-16T16:59:52Z Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2020 116 7472 HR 2020-07-01 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2020-12-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-12-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-12-16 True Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Emergency medical services and trauma care Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical tests and diagnostic methods Performance measurement Right of privacy State and local government operations Health 00 2020-12-16 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-03T19:31:36Z Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2020

This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to public health agencies in states, tribes, and territories to incorporate digital contact tracing technology in COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) contact tracing programs.

This technology must meet requirements with respect to contact tracing functions, data security and privacy, and voluntary use. Grantees that develop or procure technology that does not meet these requirements lose eligibility for this funding and future funding for COVID-19 contact tracing technology.

Furthermore, as a condition of receiving funding, grantees must (1) undertake an independent security assessment, and (2) develop a plan that delineates how the technology augments existing COVID-19 contact tracing and response efforts and addresses interoperability and protections to limit access to the data.

In addition, the bill expressly applies federal privacy standards for the use and disclosure of personal health information by health care providers, health plans, health clearinghouses, and their business associates to contact tracing technology and its use. Current law provides an exception to these standards for personal health information used by, or disclosed to, a public health authority that is legally authorized to collect the information. The bill also prohibits the use of data derived from the contact tracing technology in legal proceedings or for immigration enforcement.

The Government Accountability Office must evaluate this program.

]]> Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2020 Display Title Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to eligible State, Tribal, and territorial public health agencies to develop and administer a program for digital contact tracing for COVID-19, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s5027is/xml/BILLS-116s5027is.xml 2020-12-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.