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S 2538 116th Congress Senate

National Patient Identifier Repeal Act of 2019

Official title: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement for unique health identifiers.

Introduced: September 24, 2019 Introduced by: Paul, Rand Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
Health Health care costs and insuranceHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and funding
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 24, 2019
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 Latest action September 24, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Patient Identifier Repeal Act of 2019

This bill repeals the requirement that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adopt a standard unique health identifier for each individual, employer, health plan, and health care provider.

Historically, language has been included in annual appropriations bills for HHS that prohibits the use of federal funds related to the development of a unique individual identifier. In 2019, however, an appropriations bill passed the House of Representatives without such a prohibition.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2538: National Patient Identifier Repeal Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2538/
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"S. 2538: National Patient Identifier Repeal Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2538/.
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S. 2538, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2538/.
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