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Official Title as Introduced

To amend the Public Health Service Act to protect the confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records.


Actions Overview (1)

Date Actions Overview
04/03/2019Introduced in House

All Actions (4)

Date All Actions
04/04/2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Action By: Committee on Energy and Commerce
04/03/2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Action By: House of Representatives
04/03/2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E397)
Action By: House of Representatives
04/03/2019Introduced in House
Action By: House of Representatives

Cosponsors (72)

* = Original cosponsor
CosponsorDate Cosponsored
Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]* 04/03/2019
Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Wright, Ron [R-TX-6]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]* 04/03/2019
Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] 04/04/2019
Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] 04/04/2019
Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] 04/09/2019
Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] 04/12/2019
Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] 04/12/2019
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13] 04/12/2019
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] 04/18/2019
Rep. Armstrong, Kelly [R-ND-At Large] 04/29/2019
Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] 04/29/2019
Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7] 05/01/2019
Rep. Grijalva, Raul M. [D-AZ-3] 05/02/2019
Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] 05/09/2019
Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] 05/09/2019
Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [D-NJ-2] 05/09/2019
Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] 05/21/2019
Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7] 05/21/2019
Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] 05/21/2019
Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3] 05/21/2019
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] 05/23/2019
Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14] 05/24/2019
Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] 06/04/2019
Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5] 06/04/2019
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] 06/10/2019
Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] 06/13/2019
Rep. Watkins, Steve [R-KS-2] 06/13/2019
Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] 06/18/2019
Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6] 06/19/2019
Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] 06/19/2019
Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] 06/24/2019
Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] 06/27/2019
Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2] 07/05/2019
Rep. Hill, Katie [D-CA-25] 08/06/2019
Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] 08/06/2019
Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10] 08/16/2019
Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] 09/11/2019
Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] 09/12/2019
Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16] 09/12/2019
Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] 10/04/2019
Rep. Hollingsworth, Trey [R-IN-9] 11/05/2019
Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] 11/08/2019
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] 11/15/2019
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] 11/18/2019
Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13] 11/19/2019
Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] 11/19/2019
Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] 11/21/2019
Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] 12/04/2019
Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] 12/11/2019
Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8] 12/16/2019
Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] 01/07/2020
Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] 01/10/2020
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] 01/24/2020
Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] 02/25/2020

Committees (1)

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Committee / Subcommittee Date Activity Reports
House Energy and Commerce04/03/2019 Referred to
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health04/04/2019 Referred to

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Latest Summary (1)

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Introduced in House (04/03/2019)

Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act

This bill more closely aligns the federal privacy standards for substance use disorder (SUD) patient records with the standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Specifically, the bill authorizes the disclosure of SUD patient records without a patient's written consent to: (1) a covered entity for the purposes of treatment, payment, and health care operations, as long as the disclosure is made in accordance with HIPAA; and (2) a public health authority, as long as the content of the disclosure meets HIPAA standards regarding de-identified information. Current law authorizes disclosure of SUD patient records without a patient's written consent only to medical personnel in a medical emergency, to specified personnel for research or program evaluations, or pursuant to a court order.

The bill also repeals and replaces criminal penalties for certain violations involving SUD patient records with the HIPAA civil penalty structure. It also applies HIPAA criminal penalties to wrongful disclosures of SUD patient records. In addition, the bill expands the current prohibition against using SUD patient records in criminal proceedings to include any use in specified federal, state, and local criminal and civil actions.

The bill prohibits certain discrimination based on the release of SUD information under this bill.