HOUSE 1390 (116th Congress) — Mobile Health Record Act of 2019

Actions

2019-03-01Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-02-27Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-02-27Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2019-02-27Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2019-02-27Introduced in House
2019-02-27Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-02-27 (00)

Mobile Health Record Act of 2019

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a program that enables Medicare enrollees to connect claims data with trusted applications, services, and research programs. The program must allow an enrollee to access claim information through a mobile health record application that is chosen by the enrollee and that is also approved by the CMS, in accordance with specified requirements. Information must be made available to such applications in a similar manner as under the current Blue Button 2.0 program.

The bill also allows states that choose to develop or purchase similar applications for Medicaid enrollees to receive federal payment for the associated costs.

Currently, the CMS administers the Blue Button program, which allows Medicare enrollees to download and save health information on personal computers or other devices. The CMS subsequently launched the Blue Button 2.0 program, which allows enrollees to link health information with mobile applications (these applications are posted on the CMS website, but are not endorsed by the CMS).

Cosponsors (4)

Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
Mike Levin (D-CA)
David Schweikert (R-AZ)
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)

Subjects

Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medicare
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication