HR 1709 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2003

Introduced Apr 10, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Edward J. Markey D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 2, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedApr 10, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2003 to Jun 22, 2004, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-CADana RohrabacherOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalApr 10, 2003
I-VTBernard SandersMay 7, 2003
D-TXGene GreenMay 7, 2003
D-CASam FarrMay 7, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeMay 13, 2003
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeMay 13, 2003
D-MABarney FrankMay 14, 2003
D-MIDale E. KildeeMay 14, 2003
D-ILLane EvansMay 14, 2003
D-OHMarcy KapturMay 14, 2003
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonMay 19, 2003
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyMay 19, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieMay 19, 2003
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Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 2, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
  2. Apr 24, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Apr 22, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  4. Apr 10, 2003Introduced in House
  5. Apr 10, 2003Referred 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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