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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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