Ryun has raised $350,000 in bid to regain seat

Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Rep. Nancy Boyda (D) ¢ 2nd District !(New York Times) CQPolitics Campaign Money Watch: Republican Jim Ryun, a former five-term House member who lost to Democrat Nancy Boyda in 2006, reported raising more than $350,000 in the past three months for his comeback effort in the 2nd District, which includes Topeka and has a Republican lean. Ryun will be opposed in the Republican primary, though, by state Treasurer Lynn Jenkins.Rep. Dennis Moore (D) ¢ 3rd District !(Patient Privacy Rights) PATIENT PRIVACY RIGHTS URGES STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE INDEPENDENT HEALTH RECORD TRUST ACT: Patient Privacy Rights applauds Representatives Dennis Moore (D-KS) and Paul Ryan (R-WI), the sponsors of the Independent Health Record Trust Act, and their 30 bipartisan co-sponsors of this legislation that provides the framework for building the first-ever data banks to hold personal electronic records that grant Americans ironclad federal rights to control the information they deposit in these trusts.(Healthcare IT News) Legislation calls for healthcare IT trusts: A bill introduced in the House today would create healthcare information technology trusts. Rep. Dennis Moore, a Democrat who represents the Third District in Kansas, introduced the legislation that would establish a nationwide health information technology network. Under the Independent Health Record Trust Act, individuals would have the option of submitting their medical records to be managed electronically by health record trusts. In turn, these trusts would ensure the security, confidentiality and privacy of the medical information. “Health information technology has the potential to dramatically improve the quality of healthcare for all Americans by significantly reducing medical errors, reducing wasteful administrative costs, and ensuring that appropriate and accurate information is available for medical decisions,” Moore said.Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R) ¢ 4th District!(New York Sun) Gun Data Ban Vote in House Seen as Close: A vote today in the House Appropriations Committee on legislation at the center of Mayor Bloomberg’s efforts to stem the flow of illegal guns into the city is expected to be close, observers said. The Tiahrt Amendment, named after Rep. Todd Tiahrt, a Republican of Kansas, restricts the ability of municipalities to use firearm trace data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for anything except specific investigations by police departments. Mr. Bloomberg and members of the coalition he co-founded, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, contend the amendment hinders the ability of cities to investigate crooked gun dealers responsible for the proliferation of guns on their streets.