HR 5126 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Patients' Privacy Protection Act of 2004

Introduced Sep 22, 2004 Originated House Sponsor Jerrold Nadler D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 5, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

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. IntroducedSep 22, 2004
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Patients' Privacy Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to declare that a patient has a privilege with respect to any evidence consisting of a confidential communication or record made in the course of medical treatment by a duly licensed health care provider.

Authorizes a court to order the disclosure of such a communication or record to the extent the court determines that the public interest in disclosure significantly outweighs the patient's privacy interests. Requires the court to ensure that personally identifiable information is redacted and that the patient's communications and records remain under seal.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 22, 2004 to Dec 7, 2004; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TNBart GordonOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-CABob FilnerOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalSep 22, 2004
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalSep 22, 2004
D-MABarney FrankSep 29, 2004
D-ILRahm EmanuelSep 29, 2004
D-NJDonald M. PayneDec 7, 2004
R-NHJeb BradleyDec 7, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Sep 22, 2004
Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee
Referred Nov 5, 2004

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 5, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
  2. Sep 22, 2004Introduced in House
  3. Sep 22, 2004Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2827Patients' Privacy Protection Act of 2004Identical billSep 22, 2004

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to create an explicit privilege to preserve medical privacy.
Short Titles as Introduced
Patients' Privacy Protection Act of 2004

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2004Introduced in House

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