A bill to provide for the privacy of certain public assistance and social service records used or maintained by State and private agencies under programs receiving Federal financial assistance.
Privacy of Public Assistance and Social Services Records Act of 1977 - Requires each State, as a condition for the receipt of Federal moneys for public assistance or social services programs, to provide for the privacy of records used in the administering of such programs. Subjects such State privacy laws to the certification of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as meeting the principles specified in this Act. Requires, in accordance with such principles, the provision of access to information by the subject of such information, the correction and accuracy of such information, and the establishment of appropriate remedies and penalties for the enforcement of such statute.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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