<Table> Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Other short titles </Th> <Td> Kassebaum--Kennedy Act, Kennedy--Kassebaum Act </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Long title </Th> <Td> An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use of medical savings accounts, to improve access to long - term care services and coverage, to simplify the administration of health insurance, and for other purposes . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Acronyms (colloquial) </Th> <Td> HIPAA (pronounced / ˈhɪpə /, HIP - uh) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Enacted by </Th> <Td> the 104th United States Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Citations </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Public law </Th> <Td> Pub. L. 104--191 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Statutes at Large </Th> <Td> 110 Stat. 1936 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Legislative history </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Introduced in the House as H.R. 3103 by Bill Archer (R - TX) on March 18, 1996 </Li> <Li> Committee consideration by House Ways and Means </Li> <Li> Passed the House on March 28, 1996 (267--151) </Li> <Li> Passed the Senate on April 23, 1996 (100--0, in lieu of S. 1028) </Li> <Li> Reported by the joint conference committee on July 31, 1996; agreed to by the House on August 1, 1996 (421--2) and by the Senate on August 2, 1996 (98--0) </Li> <Li> Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 21, 1996 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Other short titles </Th> <Td> Kassebaum--Kennedy Act, Kennedy--Kassebaum Act </Td> </Tr>

When was hipaa introduced into legislation and passed