Every family that cherishes its privacy ought to be disturbed by this massive grant of Federal authority. Americans medical records should be protected from all bureaucrats, not just corporate ones. Unique Patient Identifiers. Mr. Armey also wrote Secretary Thompson in May 2001 in opposition to plans by the Department of Health and Human Services to lay the ground for a universal medical ID number. Public Law 106-554 specifically prohibits HHS from providing any such unique health identifier.
Education is IBIA s chief mission.
Accordingly, IBIA is seeking an appropriate opportunity to demonstrate to the Majority Leader and other Members of the Congressional leadership just how biometrics, properly used, can help empower citizens to secure their own privacy. In doing so, IBIA will rely upon the proven effectiveness of biometric technologies and the sound policy recommendations embodied in the IBIA Privacy Principles . The final version of the tax bill approved by the House and Senate last Saturday, May 26, failed to make the research and experimentation tax credit permanent. The Senate bill provided for a permanent credit, the House bill did not, and the House-Senate conferees sacrificed a permanent credit in order to reduce the cost of the ultimate bill. IBIA strongly supports making the credit immutable because it will provide reliable, long-term support for research and experimentation in biometrics.