A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for the protection of the privacy of personal medical information maintained by certain medical care institutions.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to require each medical care institution participating in the Medicaid or Medicare program to implement procedures which meet specific privacy protection requirements for the maintenance and disclosure of personal medical information. Requires medical care institutions to afford an individual (or his designated representative) a reasonable opportunity to inspect his personal medical information file. Permits the parent or guardian of a minor child to inspect the file of such minor, except that portion of the file which relates to: (1) venereal diseases of the minor; (2) family planning services (including abortions) sought and received by such minor; (3) alcohol or drug abuse services; and (4) mental health services. Requires that the individual seeking disclosure of his personal medical information file sign and date a written authorization which permits a medical care institution to disclose specific information to specified persons for a specified period of time and requires further that such institution maintain a record of all such disclosures. Makes it the duty of medical care institutions to maintain accurate, relevant,…