S 3530
114th Congress
Senate
Health
Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2016
Introduced: December 8, 2016
Introduced by:
Cassidy, Bill
Republican
· Louisiana
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 8, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 8, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2016
This bill amends the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and update policies that enable certain health care clearinghouses, plans, and providers to: (1) provide patients with access to information related to their care; and (2) develop patient-engagement tools, reports, analyses, and presentations that may demonstrate benefit to the taxpayer.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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