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House Judiciary Committee favors parts of S.28 in 8-3 straw poll after amendment removing criminal-liability language
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee took a nonbinding straw poll Wednesday finding sections 1, 5, 6 and 13 of S.28 favorable, 8-3, after adopting an amendment that narrows disclosure language for protected health information and removes criminal liability from a pharmacy-liability clause.
The House Judiciary Committee took a nonbinding straw poll Wednesday, April 16, finding sections 1, 5, 6 and 13 of S.28 favorable, 8-3, after a narrow amendment that clarified state-court disclosure language and removed criminal-liability language from a pharmacy-related provision.
The amendment under consideration — described in committee as the Malone amendment — revises section 6 to clarify that when a covered entity discloses protected health information pursuant to a court order, the provision binds only state-court orders rather than directing what a federal court must include. It also amends the liability language in section 13 to…
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