Jessie's Law

Bill: 114-hr-5142
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2016-04-29
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Family relationships

Health information and medical records

Health personnel

Right of privacy
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Jessie's Law</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit disclosure of patient records relating to substance abuse with the patient's oral consent or the consent of the patient's parent, legal guardian, or spouse. (Currently, disclosure is permitted only with the patient's written consent.)</p> <p>Interchange of such records is permitted within accountable care organizations, health information exchanges, and integrated care arrangements for purposes of attaining interoperability, improving care coordination, reducing health care costs, and securing or providing patient safety.</p> <p>The Department of Health and Human Services must develop and disseminate standards for hospitals and physicians regarding displaying a patient's history of opioid addiction in the patient's medical records with the patient's consent.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5142 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2016 Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Moolenaar , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Mooney of West Virginia , Ms. Kuster , and Mrs. Lawrence ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the sharing of health information concerning an individual’s substance abuse treatment by certain entities.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as Jessie’s Law . 2. Confidentiality of records (a) Expansion of who can consent Section 543(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290dd–2(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by inserting or oral after written ; and (B) by inserting or a parent, legal guardian, or spouse of the patient, after maintained ; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by inserting (or parent, legal guardian, or spouse) after patient ; and (B) by inserting or oral after written . (b) Exception for sharing of certain information Section 543(e) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290dd–2(e) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting ; or ; and (3) after paragraph (2), by inserting the following: (3) within accountable care organizations described in section 1899 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395jjj ), health information exchanges (as defined for purposes of section 3013), health homes (as defined in section 1945(h)(3) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396w–4(h)(3) )), or other integrated care arrangements (in existence before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this paragraph) involving the interchange of electronic health records (as defined in section 13400 of division A of Public Law 111–5 ( 42 U.S.C. 17921(5) )) containing information described in subsection (a), for purposes of attaining interoperability, improving care coordination, reducing health care costs, and securing or providing patient safety. . 3. Inclusion of opioid addiction history in patient records (a) Development of standards Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall develop and disseminate standards to provide information to hospitals and physicians relating to prominently displaying the history of opioid addiction in the medical records of patients (including electronic health records) if the patients have consented to having such information included in such records. (b) Requirements The standards developed under subsection (a) shall take into account the following: (1) The potential for addiction relapse or overdose death if opioid medications are prescribed to an individual recovering from opioid addiction. (2) The need to display the past opioid addiction of a patient in a manner similar to other potentially lethal medical concerns, including drug allergies and contraindications. (3) The need for information about past opioid addiction to be prominently displayed when a physician or medical professional is prescribing medication. (4) The need for a variety of medical professionals, including physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, to have access to information described in this section when prescribing or dispensing opioid medication to ensure that the medication is medically appropriate given the history of addiction of the patient.