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
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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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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