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This bill, the Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2020, authorizes the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants to eligible state, tribal, and territorial public health agencies to develop and administer digital contact tracing programs for COVID-19. The grants can be used to establish, incorporate, or expand digital contact tracing programs that complement traditional contact tracing efforts. However, the bill imposes strict requirements on the digital contact tracing technology, such as ensuring user consent, limiting data collection, and deleting or de-identifying data within 30 days after the end of the COVID-19 emergency. The bill also requires public health agencies to develop plans for interoperability and conduct independent security assessments of the digital contact tracing infrastructure. Additionally, the bill applies the HIPAA privacy and security law to the digital contact tracing data and prohibits the use of such data for punitive purposes.

Health and Social Services

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/5027/all-info