US Congress House Bill 4613 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Introduced on December 11 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-12-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2017

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-12-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-12-11	House	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.
2017-12-11	House	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.
2017-12-11	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4613/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4613/BILLS-115hr4613ih.pdf