Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2017
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Dec 11, 2017)
Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2017
This bill amends the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and update policies that enable certain health-care clearinghouses, plans, and providers to: (1) provide patients with access to information related to their care; (2) develop patient-engagement tools, reports, analyses, and presentations that may demonstrate benefit to patients and health-plan enrollees; and (3) promote transparency regarding the use and disclosure of health information by health-care clearinghouses.
What just happenedDec 15, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseDec 11, 2017
- Dec 15, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Dec 11, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ways and Means Committee - Dec 11, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Dec 11, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Dec 11, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House