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[H.J. Res. 205 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.J.Res.205
                       One Hundred Third Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
  the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three


                            Joint Resolution

  
 
  Designating the week beginning October 31, 1993, as ``National Health 
Information

                           Management Week''.

Whereas accurate, timely, and complete medical records and related 
  health information are vital in planning and providing for quality 
  health care for the people of the United States;
Whereas such records and information are vital to providing health care 
  to an individual beginning at the birth of the individual and 
  continuing throughout the life of the individual;
Whereas public concern about the quality, appropriateness, and 
  effectiveness of health care is escalating;
Whereas specific skills in evaluating and reporting the results of 
  health care are required to provide public accountability;
Whereas equitable third-party reimbursement for health care is dependent 
  on health information that is collected, analyzed, classified, 
  verified, and disseminated;
Whereas public awareness of patient rights, including the right of a 
  patient to access the patient's own medical information, is 
  increasing;
Whereas the needs and requirements for health information of the health 
  care industry and the use of the information by the industry are 
  changing rapidly;
Whereas the rate of such changes will continue to increase as new health 
  care technology is used and new health care reform policies are 
  promulgated;
Whereas the 35,000 members of the American Health Information Management 
  Association are the health information leaders of the United States; 
  and
Whereas such members have demonstrated commitment to, and expertise in, 
  health information management: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the week beginning October 
31, 1993, is designated as ``National Health Information Management 
Week'', and the President is authorized and requested to issue a 
proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe the 
week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.







                                Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                             Vice President of the United States and    
                                                President of the Senate.