Jim Baird: “as a clinical psychologist myself and in the gentleman's role as a physician I know that we are both concerned about…”

“as a clinical psychologist myself and in the gentleman's role as a physician I know that we are both concerned about protecting the confidentiality of individual medical information. I also know of the gentleman's hard work to craft language that would limit the sharing of information between financial industry entities and their subsidy areas. However, it is my concern and the concern of other Members about the confidentiality of sensitive health and medical information under the listed exemptions of the current bill. To address those concerns I would like to ask my colleague and good friend if he would agree to support at conference inclusion of language to allow the exchange of general economic and clinical information but prohibit the exchange of personally identifying information such as the names, addresses, or social securities of specific patients.”