in fact, if that information is not properly protect the, that's a violation of the hipaa standards, and a violation of hipaa can result in penalties as high as $1.5 million and up to ten years in prison, allegation that somehow you've given your health information or your spouse's health information to your boss and they are going to use that against you, it's just to scare people. it's not real. >> dania, the aarp is suing the eeoc, the federal agency that protects workers from discrimination, so clearly there's a concern on behalf of aarp which represents so many people across this nation about the ways that personal medical hipaa doesn't apply to all employee wellness programs because there are some employee wellness flames are separate from your employee health benefit program, and if that's the case and the third party collecting this information is not actually in any way associated with the health insurance benefit, you don't have all the hipaa privacy protections. >> if a worker is asked to complete these wellness assessment and biometric screenings, what's your best advice?

even governor hipaa maker district governor hakan lipper showed up. he called the turnout across the state encouraging. >> there be a first time ever. >> won't know the official voter turnout numbers until tomorrow. so far it's 73% we have some tense moments on this election day. photo s liongot longer 3 o'clock this afternoon when the voter registration system crashed. adolescent 29 state ballots couldn't be process. it enables us to verify whether individual has already voted. that's important part of election integrity. >> democrats asked the judge to keep the polls open longer but judges denied it. that's where it is left right now. has spoken publicly. that's a sign in and of itself. and hillary clinton is notori notoriously superstitious. and has been working on two speeches all day and all night. >> tom llamas, the exuberance camp. >> rudy giuliani talking with reporters about the future. they're calling the polls before the election prejudiced. donald trump said the election is rigged, he may end up winning a rigged election. >> and it picks u

you can go online with a hipaa certified line and talk to a doctor and get it for $30. >> harry smithwhat's your title? chief marijuana investigative correspondent? >> stephen colbert called me stoner icon. >> stoner icon harry smith. >> i don't use it, by the way. >> coming up next, we have myja down in north carolina with president obama is headed into for a rally, we'll check in with her in just a moment. and he would have wanted you to have it. it meant a lot to him... yes, ge makes powerful machines. but i'll be writing the code that will allow those machines to share information with each other. i'll be changing the way the world works. (interrupting) you can't pick it up, can you? go ahead. he can't lift the hammer. it's okay though! you're going to change the world. ♪ everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. >>> president obama is weighing in on the clinton's e-mails server and he said he trust hillary clinton and have full confidence

from sharing medical records and these were developed decades ago and they are above and beyond the hipaa requirements, but va is not allowed to share records if someone identifies as having hiv, sickle cell or mental health or substance abuse conditions. so you are making a big chunk of our patient population that may have one of those conditions and in my mind, you know, it's almost as a stigmatization that we have to get them to sign a separate form above and beyond the normal hipaa compliance to be able to send it over to their doctor in the community. that has really limited our ability to coordinate care, whether it through the telehealth venue or in-person venue. so that's one thing that i think doesn't necessarily cost any money, it's removing a barrier, it helps to provide higher quality care that's coordinated and it's outlined in our plan to consolidate care. that's one thing that i think they can do. >> i would completely concur with what dr. yehia said in terms of taking down those barriers. when we were doing work at the site of the dod in colorado at the heighth of the wars

and these were developed decades ago and they're above and beyond the hipaa requirements, but v.a. is not allowed to share records if someone identifies as having hiv, sickle cell or mental health or substance abuse conditions. so you're taking a big chunk of our patient population that may have one of those conditions and in my mind it's almost as a stigmatization that we have to get them to sign a separate form above and beyond the normal hipaa compliance to send it over to their doctor an the community. that has really limited our ability to coordinate care, whether it's through the telehealth venue or in-person venue. so that's one thing that i think doesn't necessarily cost any money, it's removing a barrier, it helps provide higher quality care that's coordinated and it's outlined in our plan to consolidate care. so that's one thing i think they can do. >> i would completely concur with what dr. yehia said in terms of taking down those barriers. when we were doing work at the site of the d.o.d. in colorado at the height of the wars, we actually placed in facilities in colorad

think of it as facebook messenger or face time complianto a hipaa app. we take your device data, and we match you to the perfect coach. isgive you a coach and so it consumer driven. the consumer is controlling the experience. it is on your phone, very comfortable, fit into your life. you do not have a nurse calling you at 7:00 at night when you are eating in or with your family. it is personalized to you. we use clinical programs and we match to help you leave the best life possible. we are going to spend 20% of our gdp on health care in 2025. 86% of that is on chronic conditions and by 9% of that is inted, and we could do a lot this country to avoid getting those conditions. taken day at -- diet and enabled them to live a much better life. all your programs, data, is in one place. whene check their homes hundred 50 times a day and it is convenient to be able to have a conversation with the health coach. it is a different way of thinking. consumers are ready -- some of them are concerned about data, but for the most part they want a great experience. tha

as an effective government regulation hipaa, when this comes to a patient with mental illness as an adult, the doctor feels as if she or he is not allowed to share vital information for their care to a third party even if that third party is their caregiver. a woman i went to high school with has an adult son with serious mental illness. she is the one who brings him to the doctor, gives him his medicines. yet when he is discharged, she is not told what medicines he is taking and she is not told when to bring him to follow-up. when an important regulation gets between a doctor and a patient and the loved one they are caring for, the legislation needs to change. train the workforce to better understand the rules of disclosing patient information. this allows doctors to better serve their patients and ensure they are getting the proper care they need. as a physician, this next provision just matters so much to me. it promotes access to services through the integration of primary and behavioral health. now right now, if someone with serious mental illness goes to see their psychiatrist and t

murphy: current changes to hipaa laws that prevent paraphernalias from helping. token or superficial changes won't work. continuing to fund the current mess won't work. if anyone thinks it does, i suggest you get on the phone and explain this to the widow and tell her everything is just fine. or we can pass the bill passed in the senate. lives are at stake. time is running short. for officer basham's family, time has run out. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized for ne minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise to honor the legacy of stanford lipsy. mr. lipsy, a pulitzer prize winning journalist, will be remembered by his contributions to journalism. he appointed the first woman editor of "the buffalo news" in its history. he was a tireless advocate for buffalo's -- to securing funding for our prestigious cancer center. mr. higgins: he donated over two million books to low-income children and invested in projects like retree western new york which helped reforest after a surpris

hipaa as well as rights of a person within the criminal justice system.t is also not to my knowledge include the [inaudible] formally incourseerated people or consumers of mental health and it doesn't address long term issues such as permanent stable house frg the populations. probably my personal strongest concern with this proposal is that proposals such as this tend to tip the scaleoffs the criminal justice and insufficient resources away from many to the few. the type of programs are narrow meaning the vast majority of people who pass through the jails will never qualify for them. everyone in jail has experience trauma, if only the trauma of losing their freedom. trauma is wrun of the funmental factors in mental health and to my knowledge there are no best practice in the country which recommend institutionalization as a way to help the mentally ill which is the program is proposing. >> thank you >> ask to explore and hear from other people and people impacted by the programs have the opportunity to give input. >> thank you for being here and comments