Patient Privacy Act of 2001

Summary

Patient Privacy Act of 2001 - Amends part C (Administrative Simplification) of title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to repeal: (1) the requirement of unique health identifiers for each individual, employer, health plan, and health care provider; and (2) penalties for wrongful disclosure of unique health identifiers. Prohibits the expenditure of Federal funds to develop or implement any database or other system of records containing personal medical information of any U.S. citizen, or to collect medical records for the purpose of storing them in a database or other system of records, with specified exceptions including part A (Hospital Insurance) or part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program under SSA title XVIII and the Medicaid program under SSA title XIX.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 24 July 2001

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  Introduced in House · EN · 24 July 2001

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 24 July 2001

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