Healthcare Privacy and Anti-Fraud Act
Latest action · Nov 7, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 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.
- IntroducedNov 7, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Healthcare Privacy and Anti-Fraud Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue guidance (including concerning liability) to protect the privacy of individually identifiable information submitted to, or accessed by, health care exchange navigators.
Requires entities receiving grants under the navigator program to ensure that their employees undergo background checks, take an oath not to disclose individually identifiable information, and meet educational and licensure requirements comparable to those applicable to health insurance agents and brokers in the state.
Imposes criminal penalties for disclosure of individually identifiable information and misrepresentation as a navigator.
Directs the Secretary to annually make available a list of entities providing navigator services and a list of those determined to be ineligible or convicted of offenses described in this Act.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt individuals from the penalty for not maintaining minimum essential coverage for any month if the failure resulted from advice of a navigator or a person purporting to provide such services.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 7, 2013 to Dec 16, 2013, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Nov 7, 2013 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Nov 7, 2013 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Nov 7, 2013 |
| R-KY | Mitch McConnell | Original | Nov 7, 2013 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Nov 7, 2013 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Nov 7, 2013 |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Dec 10, 2013 | |
| R-NE | Mike Johanns | Dec 16, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Nov 7, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Civil actions and liability
- Comprehensive health care
- Consumer affairs
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Employee hiring
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Licensing and registrations
- Personnel records
- Right of privacy
- Sales and excise taxes
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2013Introduced in Senate
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