S4920Referred to Committee

A bill to ensure the privacy of pregnancy termination or loss information under the HIPAA privacy regulations and the HITECH Act.

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-06-24
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13
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Mazie K. Hirono
Mazie K. Hirono
Democrat · HI · Senator
Votes with party: 85.3% (848 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (13)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

2026-06-24

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Plain-English Summary

The proposal would strengthen privacy protections for medical records related to pregnancy termination or miscarriage, ensuring that health information about these sensitive situations cannot be easily shared or accessed without a patient's permission under existing federal health privacy laws. This would affect patients, healthcare providers, and health insurance companies by clarifying that information about pregnancy loss or abortion procedures receives the same strict confidentiality protections as other private medical information. The change aims to prevent this health data from being used against patients in legal cases or shared with law enforcement without explicit consent.

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