Medical Independence, Privacy, and Innovation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2599
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2005-05-24 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: 2005-05-24
text: 
Medical Independence, Privacy, and Innovation Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to deduct all uncompensated medical expenses paid for by the taxpayer (currently, only medical expenses exceeding 7.5% of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income are deductible). 
 
Sets forth the tax treatment for medical checking accounts, including: (1) exempting such accounts from certain taxes; (2) allowing individuals a deduction and a credit for contributions to such accounts; and (3) excluding from gross income any amounts paid or distributed from such an account which are used to pay qualified medical expenses of an account holder. 
 
Decreases the minimum annual deductibles under a high deductible health plan for purposes of health savings accounts or Archer medical savings accounts. 
Makes modifications to regulations regarding the privacy of individually identifiable health information. 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate the Universal Health Privacy Declaration to allow an individual to prohibit a health care provider from using or disclosing the individual's protected health information for treatment without prior consent. 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) modify the definition of a drug to exclude articles intended for mitigation or prevention of disease in man or other animals; (2) remove the requirement that a new drug application must include information on the drug's effectiveness; and (3) specify patent information that must be included in an application for approval of a new drug. 
Prohibits the granting of an exclusive or partially exclusive license regarding an invention made with federal assistance, with certain exceptions. 
Revises provisions requiring promulgation of regulations permitting the importation of prescription drugs by deleting the requirement that such regulations include additional provisions the Secretary determines to be appropriate as a safeguard to protect the public health or facilitate importation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-24
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: 2005-05-24
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: 2005-05-24
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: 2005-05-24
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: 2005-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-24
text: Introduced in House