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Patient Identifying Information Confidentiality Act of 1989

Introduced: March 1, 1989 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 20, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Mar 1, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 1, 1989
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patient Identifying Information Confidentiality Act of 1989 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, before disclosing to the Congress any medical record acquired or created by the Public Health Service, to delete identifying information in the record, unless the individual identified gives written consent. Directs the Secretary, for the purposes of cross-referencing the medical records pertaining to a particular individual, to establish by rule a system by which such records may be identified without using identifying information.

What's happening now March 20, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2