[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2676 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2676

To permit certain disclosures of health information during emergencies, 
                          including overdoses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 16, 2018

Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mr. Murphy) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To permit certain disclosures of health information during emergencies, 
                          including overdoses.

    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 ``Saving Lives Through Proper 
Notification of Overdoses Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES DURING EMERGENCIES.

    (a) Promoting Awareness of Authorized Disclosures During 
Emergencies.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall annually 
notify health care providers regarding permitted disclosures during 
emergencies, including overdoses, of certain health information to 
families and caregivers under Federal health care privacy laws and 
regulations.
    (b) Use of Material.--For the purposes of carrying out subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services may use material 
produced under section 11004 of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320d-2 note).
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