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S 1680 111th Congress Senate

Expanding Access to Medical Records Act

Official title: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the authorized representative of a deceased beneficiary full access to information w… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the authorized representative of a deceased beneficiary full access to information with respect to the deceased beneficiary's benefits under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Introduced: September 17, 2009 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
Health Health information and medical recordsMedicaidMedicare
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 17, 2009
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 Latest action September 17, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanding Access to Medical Records Act - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant the authorized representative of a deceased beneficiary full access to information with respect to the deceased beneficiary's benefits under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1680: Expanding Access to Medical Records Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1680/
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"S. 1680: Expanding Access to Medical Records Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1680/.
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S. 1680, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1680/.
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