Medical Independence, Privacy, and Innovation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2544
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Bank accounts
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clinical trials
Coinsurance
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drug interactions
Drugs
Excise tax
Executive reorganization
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government property
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health insurance
Imports
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Intellectual property
Inventions
Labeling
Law
Licenses
Marketing
Medical economics
Medical records
Medical savings accounts
Minorities
Minority health
Ombudsman
Packaging
Patent infringement
Patents
Patient satisfaction
Patients' rights
Pharmaceutical research
Pharmacies
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Tax penalties
Taxation
Trusts and trustees
Wholesale trade
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Medical Independence, Privacy, and Innovation Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate language making the medical expense deduction only apply to the extent the relevant expenses exceed 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income. Permits the deduction in computing adjusted gross income.
Exempts medical checking accounts from being subjected to certain taxes. Subjects such accounts to taxes on unrelated business income of charitable organizations. Allows a deduction equal to the amount paid in cash to an individual's medical checking account (up to $1,000, or $2,000 in the case of a joint return) and a credit (of up to $1,000) for contributions made to such account.
Excludes from gross income any amount paid or distributed out of a medical checking account which is used exclusively to pay qualified medical expenses of any account holder.
Decreases the minimum annual deductibles under a high deductible health plan for purposes of Archer medical savings accounts.
Makes modifications to regulations regarding the privacy of individually identifiable health information.
Prohibits the granting of an exclusive or partially exclusive license regarding an invention made with Federal assistance, except in accordance with specified provisions of Federal law pertaining to the licensing of Federally owned inventions.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary to promulgate regulations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs from foreign nations, with such regulations to require that each such drug complies with sections of the Act pertaining to new drugs, adulterated drugs and devices, and misbranded drugs and devices, and with other applicable requirements of this Act. (Current law directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs, except for specified controlled substances and biological products).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2003-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5808-5811)
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, 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: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, 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: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, 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: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, 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: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House