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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
8/11/2017 • House
Summary
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.
Passed Senate amended • 8/3/2017
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Bill Journey
Originated in the Senate
Introduced
March 8, 2017
Committee Review
August 3, 2017
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Floor Debate
August 3, 2017
Passed Chamber
Other Chamber
August 3, 2017
President
Enacted into Law