Health Public Hearing

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON HEALTH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 REVISED COUNCILMEMBER CHRISTINA HENDERSON, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC Hearing ON B25-0930 - Consumer Health Information Privacy Protection Act (CHIPPA) of 2024; PR25-0960 - Board of Respiratory Care Ivana Milojevic Confirmation Resolution of 2024; PR25-0959 - Board of Respiratory Care Carla Seals Confirmation Resolution of 2024 ON Thursday, October 17, 2024, 9:30a.m. Hybrid in Room 500 and Virtual via Zoom To Watch Live: https://dccouncil.gov/council-videos/ https://www.christinahendersondc.com/live https://www.youtube.com/@cmchenderson Councilmember Christina Henderson, Chair of the Committee on Health, announces a public hearing on B25-0930 - Consumer Health Information Privacy Protection Act (CHIPPA) of 2024. The hearing will be held on Thursday October 17, 2024, 9:30a.m., hybrid in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, and Virtual via Zoom. The stated purpose of B25-0930 is to require regulated entities to establish and make publicly available, a consumer health data privacy policy governing the collection, use, sharing, and sale of consumer health data with the consumer’s consent. It would establish additional protections and consumer authorizations for the sale of personal health data. It also establishes that regulated entities can only collect health data that is necessary for the purposes disclosed to the consumers and makes violations unfair and deceptive trade practices. PR25-0960 nominates Ivana Milojevic to the Board of Respiratory Care. PR25-0959 nominates Carla Seals to the Board of Respiratory Care.  Witnesses may appear either in-person or virtually using the Zoom platform. Unless otherwise stated in pre-hearing instructions, witnesses will have 5 minutes to speak if they are representing an organization, and 3 minutes if they are speaking for themselves. The public should sign up at https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings by 5pm on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. Witnesses who anticipate needing spoken language interpretation, or require sign language interpretation, are requested to inform the Committee office of the need as soon as possible but no later than five business days before the proceeding. We will make every effort to fulfill timely requests, although alternatives may be offered. Requests received in less than five business days may not be fulfilled. If you have additional questions, please email Ashley Strange, Legislative Assistant at astrange@dccouncil.gov. Testimony should be submitted through the Council’s Hearing Management System https://lims.dccouncil.gov/hearings in advance of the roundtable. Testimony will be publicly accessible upon Committee review. If you are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Statements for the record should be submitted through the Hearing Management System. The record will close at 5:00pm on Thursday, October 31, 2024. This notice was revised to add PR25-0960 - Board of Respiratory Care Ivana Milojevic Confirmation Resolution of 2024 and PR25-0959 - Board of Respiratory Care Carla Seals Confirmation Resolution of 2024.