HCONRES 214 · 104th Congress · Health

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a patient has certain rights regarding medical care that should be protected by law.

Introduced 1996-09-12· Sponsored by Rep. Smith, Linda [R-WA-3]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.(1996-09-20)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Expresses the sense of the Congress that the law should protect a patient's right to receive disclosure from providers, choose providers, receive disclosure from health plans, have access to medical records and limit the access of others to those records, choose courses of treatment, refuse interference from third party payers, and contract with providers.…

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