Sec. 6. Privacy protections

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Any data collected, stored, received, or published under this Act— shall be collected, stored, received, or published in a manner that protects the privacy of individuals whose information is included in such data; shall be de-identified or anonymized in a manner that protects the identity of all individuals whose information is included in such data; shall comply with privacy protections provided under the regulations promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( 42 U.S.C. 1320d–2 note); and shall be limited in use for the purpose of public health and be protected from all other internal use by any entity that collects, stores, or receives the data, including use of such data in determinations of eligibility (or continued eligibility) in health plans, and from any other inappropriate uses.

The Government may not use an noncitizen’s positive COVID–19 test, an noncitizen’s treatment for COVID–19 symptoms, or the state of the COVID–19 pandemic in the noncitizen’s country of origin as evidence against the noncitizen in any immigration proceeding, including— a proceeding to determine if the noncitizen is a public charge; and proceedings involving asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, done at New York December 10, 1984.

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42 USC 1320d–2

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