Independent Health Record Bank Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5559
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2006-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank accounts
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Computer security measures
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Electronic data interchange
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Federal Reserve System
Federal preemption
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Medical records
Medical research
Nonprofit organizations
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Social Welfare
State laws
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: 
Independent Health Record Bank Act of 2006 - Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to prescribe standards for the establishment and certification of independent health record banks to store individual electronic health records.
 
Gives an individual ownership over his/her entire health record with the right to review its contents at any time during normal business hours.
 
Allows a bank to generate revenue through the sale of nonidentifiable and partially identifiable health information contained in the bank for research purposes, but requires that such revenue be shared with account holders and allows such revenue to be shared with health care providers and payers. Excludes any such revenue from the gross income of the bank, account holder, or health care provider or payer.
 
Requires prior authorization by an individual before access can be given to his/her electronic health record. Permits access to a limited, authenticated information set concerning an individual for emergency response purposes without the individual's prior consent.
 
Requires the Board of Governors, acting through the Under Secretary for Technology or other appropriate official, to: (1) develop a program to certify entities to operate independent health record banks; and (2) establish an interagency council to develop standards for federal security auditing for entities operating banks.
 
Imposes fines and/or imprisonment for the wrongful disclosure of information collected, maintained, or made available by a record bank.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction for the cost paid by a taxpayer to maintain an independent health record bank account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Introduced in House