HIA’s statement on bills before the House Energy & Commerce Committee was included in an Inside Health Policy article on the abrupt cancelation of the hearing.
The Health Innovation Alliance is lobbying lawmakers to eliminate the private right of action that it says will only enrich trial lawyers. The group also calls for the addition of full federal preemption to ensure one national privacy standard instead of a patchwork in APRA.
But the group applauds the committee’s addition of other provisions. Among those changes are tweaks that would ease restrictions on medical research.
“HIA appreciates the Committee updating APRA with several HIA-drafted additions that protect common healthcare activities from unintended interference,” said HIA Executive Director Brett Meeks. “These changes are steps in the right direction allowing important things like practicing medicine, conducting medical research to find new treatments and cures, preventing malpractice, and strengthening patient safety to continue.”