Protecting Healthcare Employee Privacy Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7216 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7216

    To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise 
 regulations to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that 
  an ambulatory surgical center shall report the COVID-19 vaccination 
                    status of health care personnel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2024

  Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Ms. Tenney, Mrs. 
Miller-Meeks, Mr. Posey, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Yakym, Mr. 
Self, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Tiffany, Ms. 
Hageman, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Harris, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Davidson, and 
Mr. Westerman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise 
 regulations to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that 
  an ambulatory surgical center shall report the COVID-19 vaccination 
                    status of health care personnel.

    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 ``Protecting Healthcare Employee 
Privacy Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVING COVID-19 VACCINATION STATUS REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR 
              AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTERS.

    Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall revise sections 
416.300 through 416.330 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
any successor regulations) to remove the requirement under the Medicare 
program that an ambulatory surgical center shall report the COVID-19 
vaccination status of health care personnel.
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