; (2) identify recent developments regarding the use of application programming interfaces to access individually identifiable health information, and implications for the privacy and security of such information; (3) identify practices in the private sector, such as terms and conditions for use, relating to the privacy, disclosure, and secondary uses of individually identifiable health information transmitted electronically to or from entities, selected by an individual, that are not subject to the regulations promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; and (4) identify steps the public and private sectors can take to improve the private and secure access to and availability of individually identifiable health information. (b) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report concerning the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a). 504. Technical corrections (a) In general Section 3022(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300jj–52(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) Application of authorities under Inspector General Act of 1978 In carrying out this subsection, the Inspector General shall have the same authorities as provided under section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the 21st Century Cures Act ( Public Law 114–255 ).