Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2021
Latest action · Feb 3, 2021 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.
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2021
This bill establishes grants for state, tribal, and territorial health departments to incorporate digital contact tracing technology in COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) contact tracing programs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must award the grants.
Any technology developed or procured with these grants must meet privacy, security, and other conditions. Grantees that acquire technology that does not meet these conditions lose eligibility for this, and future, funding for COVID-19 contact tracing technology.
In addition, federal privacy standards for personal health information expressly apply to information transmitted or maintained by grant-funded programs. Current law restricts the use and disclosure of personal health information by health care providers, health plans, health clearinghouses, and their business associates. However, there is an exception to these standards for information used by, or disclosed to, a public health authority.
The bill also prohibits the use of data derived from the contact tracing technology in legal proceedings or for immigration enforcement.
The Government Accountability Office must evaluate this program.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 3, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 3, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Feb 3, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 778 | Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2021 | Related bill | Feb 4, 2021 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Immunology and vaccination
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Performance measurement
- Right of privacy
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 3, 2021Introduced in Senate
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