The Bennett Bill: Precursors to HIPAA

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The main focus of this paper is on the Medical Information Protection Act of 1999. Cited are examples of how and why the need for this type of legislation evolved. Introduced is the bills history, including previous attempts to institute similar acts. An explanation and discussion of the bill's text follows. Concluding, is a discussion of current legislation regarding patient confidentiality, specifically the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act and it's relation to the Medical Information Protection Act of 1999.

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"A health care consumers' right to privacy is one of the major public policy issues of our time. It has since led to a variety of congressional policies and public laws. In 1995, co-sponsors Senator Bennett (R-UT) and Senator Leahy (D-VT) introduced the Leading Records Privacy bill (The Medical Records Confidentiality Act) in the one-hundred and fourth congress. After legislation was passed, it was noted that the bill did not have the impact that was desired. Therefore, Sen. Bennett sponsored the Medical Information Protection Act. Senator Bennett had hoped to incorporate this bill into the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act, which at that time, was under congressional consideration (American Psychological Association, 2003)."

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