[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3218 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3218

To amend section 1343 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
 to ensure the privacy of individually identifiable health information 
                  in connection with risk adjustment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 14, 2011

 Mr. Bucshon (for himself and Mr. Huelskamp) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 1343 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
 to ensure the privacy of individually identifiable health information 
                  in connection with risk adjustment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ENSURING THE PRIVACY OF INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIABLE HEALTH 
              INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH RISK ADJUSTMENT.

    Section 1343 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 
U.S.C. 18063) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(d) Ensuring Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health 
Information.--In establishing standards relating to the collection and 
sharing of risk-related data to carry out risk adjustment under this 
title, the Secretary shall not be provided access to data in 
individually identifiable form.''.
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