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113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5610
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 18, 2014
Mr. Hurt (for himself and Mr. Barrow of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide privacy protections that enable
certain individuals to remove their profiles from the healthcare.gov
website, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Healthcare Consumer Privacy Act of 2014.
2.
Enabling certain individuals to remove their profiles from the healthcare.gov website
Section 1311(c)(5) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18031(c)(5)) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking at the end and;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:
(B) ensure that such Internet portal, whether the healthcare.gov website or a successor website,
enables an individual who enters personal information on such website for
purposes of enrolling for health care coverage to remove such information
from such website if such individual decides not to apply for such
enrollment; and
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