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S 581 115th Congress Senate Health Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Health information and medical records Health personnel

Jessie's Law

Introduced: March 8, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 11, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 4, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Aug 4, 2017
Received in the House.
Aug 3, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Aug 3, 2017
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 3, 2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 3, 2017
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4787)
Aug 3, 2017
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 8, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1691-1692)
Mar 8, 2017
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

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1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 752 — In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Aug 3, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Jessie's Law

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and disseminate best practices for health care providers and state agencies regarding the display of a patient's history of opioid addiction in the patient's medical records. 

In doing so, HHS must identify: (1) the circumstances under which information provided by a patient to a health care provider should, upon patient request, be displayed in the patient's medical records; (2) what constitutes a patient request; and (3) the process and methods by which the information should be displayed.

What's happening now August 11, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 2680 Related bill Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018
  • HR 5009 Related bill Jessie's Law
  • HR 1554 Identical bill Jessie's Law
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 2 Independent 1
R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Aug 3, 2017
 I
King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Aug 2, 2017
 D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Aug 2, 2017
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 8, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 581: Jessie's Law. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-581/
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"S. 581: Jessie's Law." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-581/.
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S. 581, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-581/.
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