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S.2863
Sponsor: Sen Smith, Bob(introduced 7/13/2000)
Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to prohibit use or sharing of medical health records or information by financial institutions and their affiliates, and for other purposes.
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7/13/2000:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
7/13/2000--Introduced.

Health Information Protection Act of 2000 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to prohibit financial institutions and their affiliates from either sharing or using medical information and health records with respect to a consumer without the consumer's affirmative written consent. Exempts from this prohibition the sharing of specified information in connection with the collection of or payment of a medically related debt or insurance claim.