Jessie's Law
- Last Action
- 8/11/2017
Actions
- 2017-08-11Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-08-04Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2017-08-04Received in the House.
- 2017-08-03Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 2017-08-03Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- 2017-08-03Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- 2017-08-03Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4787)
- 2017-08-03Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- 2017-08-03Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- 2017-03-08Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1691-1692)
- 2017-03-08Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-08-03 (35)
Jessie's Law
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and disseminate best practices for health care providers and state agencies regarding the display of a patient's history of opioid addiction in the patient's medical records.
In doing so, HHS must identify: (1) the circumstances under which information provided by a patient to a health care provider should, upon patient request, be displayed in the patient's medical records; (2) what constitutes a patient request; and (3) the process and methods by which the information should be displayed.
Cosponsors (6)
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Angus King (I-ME)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Subjects
- Drug therapy
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
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