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H.R.4613 - Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2017115th Congress (2017-2018) |

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Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] (Introduced 12/11/2017)
Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means
Latest Action: House - 12/15/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)

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Introduced in House (12/11/2017)

Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2017

This bill amends the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and update policies that enable certain health-care clearinghouses, plans, and providers to: (1) provide patients with access to information related to their care; (2) develop patient-engagement tools, reports, analyses, and presentations that may demonstrate benefit to patients and health-plan enrollees; and (3) promote transparency regarding the use and disclosure of health information by health-care clearinghouses.