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HR 4613 115th Congress House Health Computers and information technology Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Performance measurement Right of privacy

Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2017

Introduced: December 11, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Dec 15, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 11, 2017
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.
Dec 11, 2017
Introduced in House
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Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2017

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; (2) develop patient-engagement tools, reports, analyses, and presentations that may demonstrate benefit to patients and health-plan enrollees; and (3) promote transparency regarding the use and disclosure of health information by health-care clearinghouses.

What's happening now December 15, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1 Republican 3
Bishop, Mike
· Dec 11, 2017
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Dec 11, 2017
 R
Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Dec 11, 2017
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Dec 11, 2017
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Dec 11, 2017
Paulsen, Erik
· Dec 11, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4613: Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4613/
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"H.R. 4613: Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4613/.
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H.R. 4613, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4613/.
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