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Apr 22, 2024 · The Final Rule strengthens privacy protections for medical records and health information for women, their family members, and doctors who are seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating lawful reproductive health care.
- Office For Civil Rights (OCR)
Apr 22, 2024 · This Final Rule is one of many actions taken by HHS to protect access to and privacy of reproductive health care after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that has led to extreme state abortion bans and other restrictions on reproductive freedom in 21 states.
The Biden-Harris Administration’s 2024 Final Rule advances access to care for all by ending the most harmful policies from the 2019 Final Rule. It clarifies how OCR will interpret and enforce federal health care refusal laws going forward.
The Final Rule modifies the required elements of the written consent forms for Part 2 records to more closely track the core elements of a written authorization form under HIPAA , at 45 CFR 164.508(c).
May 8, 2024 · On May 6, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a final rule that would reinstate key regulatory text on the ACA’s nondiscrimination requirements repealed by the prior administration. The final rule also includes new provisions responding to recent legal and policy developments.
Jul 1, 2024 · Numerous changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, including the new attestation requirement, are the result of a Final Rule that was published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on April 26, 2024.
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Feb 15, 2024 · HHS intends to align certain compliance dates via a forthcoming (separate) final rule under HIPAA, which is anticipated to address accounting and Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) obligations relevant to the Final Rule.
