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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 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 July 10, 1987

Executive Comment Requested from VA.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 17, 1987
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 27, 1987
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Jul 27, 1987
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2774: 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.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-2774/
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"H.R. 2774: 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.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-2774/.
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H.R. 2774, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-2774/.
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[H.R. 2774: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-2774/)
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