Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1709
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug industry
Drug interactions
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health care industry
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Informed consent (Medical law)
Law
Marketing
Medical records
Physician-patient privilege
Public health
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2003 - Declares that modifications made by an August 14, 2002, final rule affecting medical privacy to a Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) section concerning consent for uses or disclosures to carry out treatment, payment, or health care operations shall have no force or effect. Directs that such CFR section shall be construed and applied to permit a health care provider to use or disclose an individual's protected health information without prior consent under specified circumstances, provided that the provider obtains written consent from the individual as soon as practicable.
Declares that a CFR section dealing with uses and disclosures for which an authorization is required shall be construed and applied so that an authorization shall be invalid unless it meets specified criteria, including that it describes the specific marketing uses and disclosures authorized.
States that the modifications made by the August 14 final rule dealing with permitted disclosures for public health activities shall have no force or effect.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House