Jessie's Law
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and disseminate best practices for health care providers and state agencies regarding the display of a patient's history of opioid addiction in the patient's medical records.
In doing so, HHS must identify: (1) the circumstances under which information provided by a patient to a health care provider should, upon patient request, be displayed in the patient's medical records; (2) what constitutes a patient request; and (3) the process and methods by which the information should be displayed.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-13 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate |
| 2018-06-12 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-12 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5042) | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-12 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5009. | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-12 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5042-5043) | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-12 | Floor | Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2018-05-09 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2018-05-09 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2018-04-25 | Committee | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent . | House committee actions |
| 2018-02-16 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2018-02-13 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-13 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |