S 4990
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Health Data De-identification Report Act
Introduced: December 9, 2020
Introduced by:
Cassidy, Bill
Republican
· Louisiana
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 9, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 9, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Health Data De-identification Report Act
This bill requires the Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services to study the validity and effectiveness of current methods used to determine if health information is not individually identifiable for purposes of federal privacy rules that apply to health data.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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