[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7898 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7898

 To amend title XXX of the Public Health Services Act to provide for a 
technical correction to provide the Inspector General of the Department 
    of Health and Human Service certain authorities with respect to 
    investigations of information blocking, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2020

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XXX of the Public Health Services Act to provide for a 
technical correction to provide the Inspector General of the Department 
    of Health and Human Service certain authorities with respect to 
    investigations of information blocking, 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. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 3022(b) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300jj-52(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
            ``(4) Application of authorities under inspector general 
        act of 1978.--In carrying out this subsection, the Inspector 
        General shall have the same authorities as provided under 
        section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
        App.).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the 21st Century Cures 
Act (Public Law 114-255).
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