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1 CIS H 2418
TITLE: H.R. 4585: The
Medical Financial Privacy Protection Act
CIS-NO: 2001-H241-8
SOURCE: Committee on Banking and Financial Services. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: July 14, 2000
LENGTH:
iv+234 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1013-A; 1013-B
SUDOC: Y4.B22/1:106-63
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2001-8208
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-26395-1.
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-63. Hearing to consider H.R. 4585, the Medical
Financial Privacy Protection Act, to amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to
restrict financial institutions use and disclosure of individually identifiable
health information, including provisions to prohibit disclosure of health
information to an affiliate or non-affiliated third party without the
individual's affirmative consent.
Also briefly considers H.R.
4380, the Consumer Financial Privacy Act, the Administration bill, to strengthen
consumer control over the use and disclosure of personal financial and health
information by financial institutions.
Supplementary material (p.
65-234) includes witnesses' written statements and a submitted statement.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Medical info disclosure prohibition
BILLS: 106
H.R. 4585; 106
H.R. 4380
DESCRIPTORS:
HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES; RIGHT OF PRIVACY;
INFORMATION SERVICES AND SYSTEMS; CONSUMER PROTECTION; BUSINESS ETHICS;
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE; CONSUMER FINANCIAL PRIVACY ACT;
FINANCIAL REGULATION; MEDICAL FINANCIAL PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT;
GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT
01-H241-8 TESTIMONY NO: 1 June
14, 2000 p. 5-24, 78-86
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
GENSLER, GARY S. (Under Secretary, Domestic Finance,
Department of Treasury)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Details on H.R. 4380; perspectives on H.R. 4585, with
recommendations.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Medical
info disclosure prohibition; financial instns use and disclosure of personal
financial and health information, restrictions estab
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
01-H241-8 TESTIMONY NO: 2 June 14, 2000 p. 25-34, 87-149
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
SEBELIUS, KATHLEEN (Commissioner, Insurance, Kansas;
representing National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC))
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on and issues
relating to H.R. 4585.
INSERTIONS:
a. "NAIC
Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Model Act" 1980 (p. 96-121).
b. NAIC, "Health Information Privacy
Model Act" Sept. 1998 (p. 122-149).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Medical info disclosure prohibition
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS; INSURANCE; MODEL LAWS
01-H241-8 TESTIMONY NO: 3 June 14, 2000 p. 35-50, 150-195
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
HARDING,
RICHARD K. (Dr.) (Professor, Neuropsychiatry and Pediatrics, University of South
Carolina School of Medicine; representing American Psychiatric Association)
BARTLETT, STEVE (President, Financial Services Roundtable)
BRAIN, DONALD C., JR. (President, Lockton Benefit Group;
representing Independent Insurance Agents of America, National Association of
Insurance and Financial Advisors, and National Association of Professional
Insurance Agents)
RHEEL, ROBERT H. (Senior Vice President,
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.; representing American Insurance Association)
YINGLING, EDWARD L. (Deputy Executive Vice President,
American Bankers Association)
MEYER, ROBERTA B. (Senior
Counsel, American Council of Life Insurers)
STATEMENTS AND
DISCUSSION:
Importance of protecting medical information
privacy; overview of H.R. 4585; differing perspectives on H.R. 4585, with
recommendations; issues relating to H.R. 4585, including need to balance
consumer privacy with insurance companies legitimate sharing of consumer medical
records.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Medical info
disclosure prohibition
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION; INSURANCE COMPANIES
01-H241-8 TESTIMONY NO: 4 June 14,
2000 p. 50-64, 196-232
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
BEASON, NICOLE (Esther Peterson Fellow, D.C. Office,
Consumers Union)
BREITENSTEIN, AGNETA (Chief Privacy
Officer, ChoosingHealth.com)
HENDRICKS, EVAN D. (Editor
and Publisher, Privacy Times)
MIERZWINSKI, EDMUND
(Consumer Program Director, U.S. Public Interest Research Group)
PRITTS, JOY L. (Senior Counsel, Health Privacy Project,
Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown University)
WEICH, RONALD (Legislative Consultant, ACLU)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Importance of protecting
medical information privacy; overview of H.R. 4585; perspectives on H.R. 4585
and related issues, with recommendations.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Medical info disclosure prohibition
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
LOAD-DATE: January 31, 2002 
