Medical Records Access Fairness Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Medical Records Access Fairness Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Transportation, Immigration.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H504DB46C2A244329AC66FB202B1D8E8A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medical Records Access Fairness Act of 2026.
- Section HF836799CFBC44BEC9F36325D9FC4C14B: 2. Access of individuals to protected health information at no cost unless certain circumstances apply Section 13405 of the HITECH Act (42 U.S.C. 17935) is...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Medical Records Access Fairness Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Transportation, Immigration
Primary Purpose
This bill, Medical Records Access Fairness Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Bill Foster
D-IL | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Mr. Foster (for himself and Mrs. Beatty) introduced the following …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
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