Session of 1999
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5006
By Special Committee on Information Management
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9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to pass the Med-
10 ical Privacy Act of 1998.
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12 WHEREAS, Sections 1173(b) and 1177(a)(1) of the Social Security
13 Act allow federal agencies to construe federal law as authorizing the es-
14 tablishment of a system of national identification numbers and national
15 identification cards for medical purposes; and
16 WHEREAS, The social security number can be used as a basis for
17 establishing a system of national identification numbers and national iden-
18 tification cards for medical purposes; and
19 WHEREAS, The use of the social security number in this manner
20 raises serious concerns regarding the establishment of a system of national
21 identification numbers and national identification cards for medical pur-
22 poses: Now therefore,
23 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas,
24 the Senate concurring therein: That the Legislature of the State of Kan-
25 sas strongly urges the Congress of the United States to enact H.R. 4312
26 of the 105th Congress prohibiting federal agencies from construing fed-
27 eral law as authorizing the establishment of a system of national identi-
28 fication numbers and national identification cards for medical purposes;
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30 Be it further resolved: That the Legislature of the State of Kansas
31 strongly urges the Congress of the United States to prohibit the use of
32 the social security number as a basis for establishing a system of national
33 identification numbers and national identification cards for medical pur-
34 poses; and
35 Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of State is directed to send
36 enrolled copies of this resolution to each member of the Kansas Con-
37 gressional Delegation.
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