Patient Matching Improvement Act of 2020
Latest action · Aug 5, 2020 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.
- IntroducedAug 5, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Patient Matching Improvement Act of 2020
This bill requires the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to take certain actions to standardize, in the United States Postal Service (USPS) standard, the format of postal addresses.
Specifically, the ONC must, within 90 days, make available a USPS tool that automatically formats addresses into the correct standard to health care providers and laboratories that test for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) at no cost. The USPS currently provides this tool to online retailers at no cost.
In addition, the ONC must update regulations to require, as a condition of certification, that health information technology use the USPS standard for postal addresses.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 5, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Aug 5, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 5, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Aug 5, 2020Read 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
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Computers and information technology
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Postal service
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 5, 2020Introduced in Senate
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