TRUST in Health Information Act of 2008
Latest action · Apr 17, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Technologies for Restoring Users' Security and Trust in Health Information Act of 2008 or the TRUST in Health Information Act of 2008 - Sets forth rights of individuals to protect their personal health information, including the right to inspect and copy such information. Sets forth obligations of a person that discloses, uses, or receives an individual's personal health information, including notification if the security of such information is breached.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and disseminate guidelines for the establishment of safeguards and procedures for use under this Act.
Prohibits a person from disclosing, accessing, or using personal health information except as authorized under this Act.
Requires the Secretary to designate an Office of Health Information Privacy within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to investigate complaints of alleged violations of this Act.
Requires the Secretary to establish and implement standards for health information technology products.
Provides for whistleblower protection.
Establishes: (1) the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology; (2) the public-private Partnership for Health Care Improvement to make recommendations concerning standards for the electronic exchange of personal health information; and (3) the American Health Information Community to make recommendations concerning policies to support the widespread adoption of health information technology.
Provides for health information technology grants.
Requires the Secretary to develop and use health care quality measures.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), to develop a Health Information Technology Resource Center to provide technical assistance and develop best practices for interoperable health information technology.
Prohibits the expenditure of federal funds for the purchase of any new health information technology that is not consistent with applicable federal standards.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2008 to Sep 24, 2008; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Feb 14, 2008 |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Original | Feb 14, 2008 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Mar 12, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Mar 31, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | May 5, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 6, 2008 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 8, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | May 22, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Sep 24, 2008 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2008 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 14, 2008 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2008 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 29, 2008 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2008 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Apr 17, 2008 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2008 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Feb 29, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 14, 2008Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E199)
- Feb 14, 2008Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Financial Services, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E199 | Edward J. Markey D-MA | Feb 14, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-61 | H.R. 3223, KEEP OUR WATERFRONTS WORKING ACT OF 2007; H.R. 5451, COASTAL ZONE REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2008; H.R. 5452, COASTAL STATE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROMOTION ACT OF 2008; AND H.R. 5453, COASTAL STATE CLIMATE CHANGE PLANNING ACT OF 2008.90 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Feb 28, 2008 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide individuals with access to health information of which they are a subject, to ensure personal privacy, security, and confidentiality with respect to health related information in promoting the development of a nationwide interoperable health information infrastructure, to impose criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized use of personal health information, to provide for the strong enforcement of these rights, to protect States' rights, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- TRUST in Health Information Act of 2008
- Technologies for Restoring Users' Security and Trust in Health Information Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Consumer complaints
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic data interchange
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health information systems
- Information technology
- Law
- Medical records
- Public-private partnerships
- Quality of care
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Standards
- Whistle blowing
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
