H.R. 7272: Mobile Health Record Act of 2018
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H.R. 7272: Mobile Health Record Act of 2018
115th Congress · introduced 2018-12-12 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2018-12-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Mobile Health Record Act of 2018
Plain summary
Mobile Health Record Act of 2018 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a program that enables Medicare enrollees to connect claims data with trusted applications, services, and research programs. The program must allow an enrollee to access claim information through a mobile health record application that is chosen by the enrollee and that is also approved by the CMS, in accordance with specified requirements. Information must be made available to such applications in a similar manner as under the current Blue Button 2.0 program. The bill also allows states that choose to develop or purchase similar applications for Medicaid enrollees to receive federal payment for the associated costs. Currently, the CMS administers the Blue Button program, which allows Medicare enrollees to download and save health information on personal computers or other devices. The CMS subsequently launched the Blue Button 2.0 program, which allows enrollees to link health information with mobile applications (these applications are posted on the CMS website, but are not endorsed by the CMS).
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Mobile Health Record Act of 2018
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] · 1 cosponsors
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Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr7272.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr7272 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115