HR 4954
98th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Civil Rights and Liberties
Communications and Broadcasting
Computer crimes
Computers
Crime prevention
Health
Health facilities
Hospitals
Medical records
Patients' rights
Radio
Radio broadcasting
Right of privacy
Science and technology
Telecommunication policy
Telephone
White collar crime
A bill to penalize unauthorized direct access to individual medical records through a telecommunications device.
Everywhere this bill has been
8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 7, 1984
Clean Bill H.R.5831 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.
Jun 7, 1984
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 6, 1984
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 1, 1984
Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
Mar 1, 1984
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Feb 27, 1984
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Feb 27, 1984
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 27, 1984
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Establishes criminal penalties for any person who knowingly uses a telecommunications device (by wire or by radio) to obtain unauthorized direct access to any medical record.
Provides for: (1) a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, if no information is altered; (2) a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, if the record is altered but no injury results; and (3) a fine of not more than $25,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, if information in the medical record is altered and injury to any individual results from such alteration.
What's happening now
Clean Bill H.R.5831 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.
Committees of jurisdiction
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