WASHINGTON, D.C. _ Continuing his commitment to keep Americans privacy secure after the botched rollout of the president’s health-care law, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) voted to ensure Americans are quickly notified if their personal information is stolen or unlawfully accessed through a health-care exchange.

“Since October 1, Americans have rightfully been worried about the mishandling of their personal information when signing up for the president’s health-care law and this commonsense piece of legislation I supported today would give some peace of mind to those enrolled under the law,” Luetkemeyer said. “It is clear this law has failed the American people and until we can do away with it, I believe we must do everything we can to protect individual privacy while also providing greater transparency in the health-care process.”

The Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act specficially would require the Department of Health and Human Services to notify individuals of any breach on the health care law exchanges that compromises personal data within two business days.

Luetkemeyer, who has consistently voted against the implementation and funding of Obamacare, has been a longtime supporter of the privacy of individuals. Luetkemeyer is the lead sponsor of the Protecting Education Privacy Act (PEPA) that would strengthen federal student privacy policy and keep student records secure by rolling back regulatory changes made by the current administration. He has co-sponsored the USA FREEDOM Act that aims to reign in the dragnet collection of data by the National Security Agency (NSA) and other government agencies and has co-sponsored the NSA Inspector General Act that would call for the creation of an Inspector General (IG) of the NSA and require that both the IG and the NSA Director be appointed by the president with the consent of the U.S. Senate.