Birth Control Privacy Act

H.R. 5746 · 114th Congress · Jul 13, 2016 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit wellness programs from sharing personally identifiable information related to individuals’ use of or prescriptions for contraceptives.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Birth Control Privacy Act”.

Sec. 2 Prohibiting wellness programs from sharing personally identifiable information related to individuals’ use of or prescriptions for contraceptives

(a)

In general— Section 2705(j)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.300gg–4(j)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(D) Privacy of individuals’ use of or prescriptions for contraceptives—Such wellness program shall violate this subsection if the plan or issuer involved shares personally identifiable information of an individual with an employer, either directly or indirectly, related to the individual’s use of or prescriptions for contraceptives.”

(b)

Effective date— The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to plan years beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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Jul 13, 2016viewing Introduced in House Ms. DelBene (for herself, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Speier, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Gallego, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Moore, Mr. Keating, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Takano, Mr. Honda, Mr. Heck of Washington, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. Norton, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Farr, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Welch, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, and Mr. Engel) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

Birth Control Privacy Act

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Prohibiting wellness programs from sharing personally identifiable information related to individuals’ use of or prescriptions for contraceptives

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