[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3835 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3835

   To require new procedures for health care Exchange Web sites with 
        regard to personal information, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2014

  Mr. Duffy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require new procedures for health care Exchange Web sites with 
        regard to personal information, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Before Registering for Obamacare, 
Window Shop Exchanges Act of 2014'' and as the ``BROWSE Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. EXCHANGE WEB SITE REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Web Site Requirements.--An Exchange established pursuant to 
section 1321(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 
U.S.C. 18041(c))--
            (1) may not request personal information of an individual 
        through a Web site maintained by such Exchange (including a Web 
        site maintained in accordance with section 1311(d)(4)(C) of 
        such Act (42 U.S.C. 18031(d)(4)(C))) unless--
                    (A) such information is necessary to calculate an 
                estimated premium amount for the individual for a 
                period; and
                    (B) the individual has access through such Exchange 
                to compare health care plans offered through such 
                Exchange before the collection through such Web site of 
                such personal information of such individual;
            (2) may not provide to an individual, through such a Web 
        site, an estimated premium amount for the individual for a 
        period if such premium amount is calculated prior to the 
        submission by the individual of personal information to the 
        Exchange through the Web site; and
            (3) shall require that any employee who has access to 
        personal information passes a criminal background check, has 
        not been convicted of a crime, and enters into an agreement not 
        to disclose any such personal information to any person who is 
        not authorized to access such personal information.
    (b) Personal Information Defined.--In this section, the term 
``personal information'' means any information that identifies an 
individual and can be associated with such individual (including a 
Social Security account number, taxpayer identification number, State 
identification number or other identifier, or account information with 
respect to credit cards (as defined under section 103 of the Truth in 
Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1602)) or with respect to an account held by the 
individual at a depository institution (as defined under section 3 of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)) or a credit union) 
that is not information necessary to contact an individual.
    (c) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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