Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Jessie's Law This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and disseminate standards for hospitals and physicians regarding displaying the history of opioid addiction in the medical records of patients who have provided information about their addiction to a health care provider.
Drug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnel
To include information concerning a patient's opioid addiction in certain medical records.
USA115th CongressHR-1554| House
| Updated: 3/17/2017
Jessie's Law This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and disseminate standards for hospitals and physicians regarding displaying the history of opioid addiction in the medical records of patients who have provided information about their addiction to a health care provider.