,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aa1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,miller of ,florida introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to prohibit the recording
 of a patient in a facility of the      
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
without the informed consent of the     
patient4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,veterans' ,privacy 
,act4  #b4 ,prohibition of visual       
recording without informed consent      
,section #gcca of title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by    
striking ,the ,secretary1 upon and      
inserting 7a7 ,in general4--,the        
,secretary1 upon2 and  7#b7 by adding at
 the end the following new subsection3  
7b7 ,visual recording  7#a7 ,the        
,secretary shall prescribe regulations  
establishing procedures to ensure that1 
except as provided by paragraph 7#b71   

any visual recording made by the        
,secretary of a patient during the      
course of furnishing care under this    
title is carried out only with the full 
and informed consent of the patient or1 
in appropriate cases1 a representative  
thereof4  7#b7 ,the ,secretary may waive
 the requirement for informed consent   
under paragraph 7#a7 with respect to the
 visual recording of a patient if such  
recording is made--  7,a7 pursuant to a 
determination by a physician or         
psychologist that such recording is     
medically necessary2  7,b7 pursuant to a
 warrant or order of a court of         
competent jurisdiction2 or  7,c7 in a   
public setting where a person would not 
have a reasonable expectation to        
privacy1 such as a waiting room or      
hallway1 and such recording is for      
general security purposes not           
particularized to the patient4  7#c7 ,in
 this subsection1 the term visual       
recording means the recording or        
transmission of images or video4  4