HR 2774
100th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
AIDS (Disease)
Communicable diseases
Discrimination
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Medical records
Patients' rights
Right of privacy
Veterans' medical care
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure confidentiality of Veterans' Administration medical records relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and for other purposes.
Introduced: June 24, 1987
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 10, 1987
Executive Comment Requested from VA.
Jun 24, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 24, 1987
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions relating to a veteran's patient rights to require confidentiality of all medical records maintained on a veteran with regard to the treatment for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), allowing disclosure of such information only under strict limitations.
Directs that veteran patients who have the AIDS infection shall not be discriminated against in admission or treatment by any Veterans Administration health care facility solely because of their virus infection.
What's happening now
Executive Comment Requested from VA.
Committees of jurisdiction
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