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HR 4805 114th Congress House

Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to provide that information held by health care clearinghouses is subject to pr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to provide that information held by health care clearinghouses is subject to privacy protections that are equivalent to the protections that apply to information held by other types of covered entities under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 17, 2016 See on congress.gov
Health Health care costs and insuranceHealth information and medical recordsRight of privacy
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Mar 29, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 18, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 17, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 17, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 29, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2016

This bill amends the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to allow a health care clearinghouse to use and disclose protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The uses and disclosures include for: (1) research purposes, (2) public health purposes, and (3) releasing protected health information to individuals that request their information.

Additionally, a clearinghouse may use and disclose protected health information to prepare and distribute reports that are designed to improve healthcare, subject to certain privacy protections.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4805: Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4805/
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"H.R. 4805: Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4805/.
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H.R. 4805, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4805/.
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