S. 3374: ‘Protecting Jessica Grubb’s Legacy Act'

116th Congress · introduced 2020-03-03 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-03-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

‘Protecting Jessica Grubb’s Legacy Act'

Plain summary

Protecting Jessica Grubb's Legacy Act This bill more closely aligns the federal privacy standards applicable to substance-use disorder patient records with the relevant privacy and de-identification standards applicable to other records that contain personal health information for the purposes of (1) treatment, payment, and health care operations by health plans, providers, or clearinghouses; and (2) disclosures to public health authorities. The bill requires patients to give affirmative, written consent; once given, that consent applies to future disclosures. Such consent may be revoked by written request. The bill also (1) aligns criminal penalties for certain violations involving substance-use disorder patient records with the penalties that apply to violations involving other types of records containing personal health information; (2) expands the current prohibition against using substance-use disorder patient records in criminal proceedings to include any use in specified federal, state, and local criminal and civil actions; and (3) prohibits certain discrimination based on the release of such patient information with respect to access to treatment, employment, housing, and certain social services and benefits.

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Official text

‘Protecting Jessica Grubb’s Legacy Act'

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] · 15 cosponsors

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Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Jacky Rosen (D-NV)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s3374.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s3374 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116