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SEC. 264. RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT TO PRIVACY OF CERTAIN HEALTH INFORMATION.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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<<NOTE: 42 USC 1320d-2 note.>>  

    (a) In General.--Not later than the date that is 12 months after the

date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of

Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Labor and

Human Resources and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the

Committee on Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House

of Representatives detailed

recommendations on standards with respect to the privacy of individually

identifiable health information.

    (b) Subjects for Recommendations.--The recommendations under

subsection (a) shall address at least the following:

            (1) The rights that an individual who is a subject of

        individually identifiable health information should have.

            (2) The procedures that should be established for the

        exercise of such rights.

            (3) The uses and disclosures of such information that should

        be authorized or required.

    (c) Regulations.--

            (1) In <<NOTE: Regulations.>>  general.--If legislation

        governing standards with respect to the privacy of individually

        identifiable health information transmitted in connection with

        the transactions described in section 1173(a) of the Social

        Security Act (as added by section 262) is not enacted by the

        date that is 36 months after the date of the enactment of this

        Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate

        final regulations containing such standards not later than the

        date that is 42 months after the date of the enactment of this

        Act. Such regulations shall address at least the subjects

        described in subsection (b).

            (2) Preemption.--A regulation promulgated under paragraph

        (1) shall not supercede a contrary provision of State law, if

        the provision of State law imposes requirements, standards, or

        implementation specifications that are more stringent than the

        requirements, standards, or implementation specifications

        imposed under the regulation.

    (d) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary of

Health and Human Services shall consult with--

            (1) the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

        established under section 306(k) of the Public Health Service

        Act (42 U.S.C. 242k(k)); and

            (2) the Attorney General.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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