Congress 108 - HR 1709 - Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2003

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Administrative procedure Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Communication in medicine Department of Health and Human Services Drug industry Drug interactions Drugs Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Health Health care industry Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Informed consent (Medical law) Law Marketing Medical records Physician-patient privilege Public health Right of privacy

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Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2003 - Declares that modifications made by an August 14, 2002, final rule affecting medical privacy to a Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) section concerning consent for uses or disclosures to carry out treatment, payment, or health care operations shall have no force or effect. Directs that such CFR section shall be construed and applied to permit a health care provider to use or disclose an individual's protected health information without prior consent under specified circumstances, provided that the provider obtains written consent from the individual as soon as practicable.

Declares that a CFR section dealing with uses and disclosures for which an authorization is required shall be construed and applied so that an authorization shall be invalid unless it meets specified criteria, including that it describes the specific marketing uses and disclosures authorized.

States that the modifications made by the August 14 final rule dealing with permitted disclosures for public health activities shall have no force or effect.

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May 2, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Apr 24, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 22, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 10, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Apr 10, 2003

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