Health Data Use and Privacy Commission Act
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (9 Feb 2022): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
What this bill does
This bill, S. 3620, proposes to establish a temporary commission to study how personal health information is used and protected. The commission would investigate various issues, including how governments at federal, state, and local levels use health data for public health initiatives, and the existing rules governing this information. It would also examine how to balance privacy concerns with the need for health data access to improve patient care and research.
The commission's members would be appointed by the Government Accountability Office and would represent a range of stakeholders, such as healthcare providers, technology developers, and consumer advocates. The commission itself would be restricted in how it could use or share any sensitive health or business information it obtains during its study.
S. 3620 has been introduced in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The bill would create the commission, which would then conduct its study and produce a report with findings, conclusions, and recommendations. The commission would automatically end 30 days after submitting its final report.
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Official summary
Health Data Use and Privacy Commission Act
This bill temporarily establishes a commission with members appointed through the Government Accountability Office to study and report on issues related to protecting individual privacy while advancing the use of personal health information.
The study must address, for example, the use of personal health information by federal, state, and local governments for public health activities and the various statutory and regulatory requirements that apply to such information. In addition, the bill restricts the commission's use and disclosure of any personal health information or proprietary business and financial information obtained in conducting the study.
The commission must report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations (as well as those of any dissenting members of the commission) for balancing privacy protections and the appropriate use of personal health information.
The commission terminates 30 days after submitting its final report.
Timeline
9 Feb 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Common questions
- What does S. 3620 do?
- This bill, S. 3620, proposes to establish a temporary commission to study how personal health information is used and protected. The commission would investigate various issues, including how governments at federal, state, and local levels use health data for public health initiatives, and the existing rules governing this information. It would also examine how to balance privacy concerns with the need for health data access to improve patient care and research. The commission's members would be appointed by the Government Accountability Office and would represent a range of stakeholders, such as healthcare providers, technology developers, and consumer advocates. The commission itself would be restricted in how it could use or share any sensitive health or business information it obtains during its study. S. 3620 has been introduced in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The bill would create the commission, which would then conduct its study and produce a report with findings, conclusions, and recommendations. The commission would automatically end 30 days after submitting its final report.
- Has S. 3620 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 3620. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 3620?
- S. 3620 was sponsored by Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA), with 1 cosponsor.
- What's the latest action on S. 3620?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (9 Feb 2022).
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