US Congress House Bill 7898 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on January 5 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-05 - Became Public Law No: 116-321.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Addresses health information technology provisions concerning cybersecurity practices and information blocking. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may reduce fines and penalties for violations of certain federal privacy standards for health information if an entity subject to those standards has adopted particular cybersecurity practices. also authorizes HHS's Office of the Inspector General to obtain information, assistance, and other support from federal agencies when investigating claims of information blocking by developers of, or entities offering, health information technologies. Information blocking refers to a practice that is likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage access, exchange, or use of electronic health information, such as the imposition of fees that make exchanging this information cost prohibitive.

To amend title XXX of the Public Health Services Act to provide for a technical correction to provide the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Service certain authorities with respect to investigations of information blocking, and for other purposes.

Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]

Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Rep. Nicholas Taylor [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-05	House	Became Public Law No: 116-321.
2021-01-05	House	Signed by President.
2020-12-24	House	Presented to President.
2020-12-20	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2020-12-19	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7853)
2020-12-10	Senate	Received in the Senate, read twice.
2020-12-09	House	The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
2020-12-09	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-12-09	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7088-7089)
2020-12-09	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7898.
2020-12-09	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7088-7092)
2020-12-09	House	Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2020-07-31	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2020-07-31	House	Introduced in House

HB19 (Related) 2019-12-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
HB2296 (Related) 2019-09-24 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 170.
SB1895 (Related) 2019-07-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 133.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7898/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7898/BILLS-116hr7898ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7898/BILLS-116hr7898eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7898/BILLS-116hr7898enr.pdf