[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1699 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1699
To repeal sections 1173(b) and 1177(a)(1) of the Social Security Act,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 9, 2003
Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy
and Commerce, 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
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A BILL
To repeal sections 1173(b) and 1177(a)(1) of the Social Security Act,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Patient Privacy Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEALS.
(a) Social Security Act.--Sections 1173(b) and 1177(a)(1) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(b) and 1320d-6(a)(1)) are
repealed.
(b) HIPPA.--Section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2 note) is repealed.
(c) Regulations.--Beginning on the date of the enactment of this
Act, any regulation issued under the authority of a provision repealed
by this section shall have no force or effect.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
Federal funds may be spent to develop or implement any database or
other system of records containing personal medical information of any
United States citizen, or to collect medical records for the purpose of
storing them in a database or other system of records.
(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to personal medical
information collected for the sole purpose of administering any of the
following:
(1) Part A or part B of the Medicare program under title
XVIII of the Social Security Act.
(2) The medicaid program under title XIX of the Social
Security Act.
(3) The health care program for active military personnel
under title 10, United States Code.
(4) The veterans health care program under chapter 17 of
title 38, United States Code.
(5) The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the
Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), as defined in section 1072(4) of
title 10, United States Code.
(6) The Indian health service program under the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
(7) The Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan under chapter
89 of title 5, United States Code.
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