PIN Act

Trust But Verify Act or the PIN Act - Prohibits an American Health Benefit Exchange (established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) from offering health insurance coverage through the Exchange until the Comptroller General (GAO) certifies to Congress that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and any related federal agencies involved in the administration of such Exchanges, have implemented all appropriate actions necessary to safeguard the personal health and financial information of enrollees and to protect against fraud and abuse.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1525 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1525

   To ensure that the personal and private information of Americans 
  enrolling in Exchanges established under the Patient Protection and 
 Affordable Care Act is secured with proper privacy and data security 
                              safeguards.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2013

Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Burr, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Chiesa, Mr. Coats, Mr. 
Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
     Grassley, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Moran, Ms. 
Murkowski, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Thune, Mr. Vitter, 
Mr. Wicker, and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following bill; which was 
 read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
                              and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To ensure that the personal and private information of Americans 
  enrolling in Exchanges established under the Patient Protection and 
 Affordable Care Act is secured with proper privacy and data security 
                              safeguards.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trust But Verify Act'' or the ``PIN 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF HEALTH INFORMATION.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an American Health 
Benefit Exchange shall not offer health insurance coverage through the 
Exchange until the date on which the Comptroller General of the United 
States in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services 
Office of the Inspector General submits to Congress a certification 
that finds that the Department of Health and Human Services, and any 
related Federal agencies involved in the administration of such 
Exchanges, have implemented all appropriate actions necessary to 
safeguard the personal health and financial information of enrollees 
and to properly protect enrollees from fraud and abuse.
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