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Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Protecting Care Access
The Health and Human Services Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on December 17, 2024. It took effect on December 17, 2024.
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What the agency says
This final rule has finalized certain proposals from the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability Proposed Rule (HTI-2 Proposed Rule) and in doing so supports the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. Specifically, this final rule amends the information blocking regulations to revise two existing information blocking exceptions and establish an additional reasonable and necessary activity that does not constitute information blocking referred to as the Protecting Care Access Exception.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-29683
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department
- Published
- December 17, 2024
- Takes effect
- December 17, 2024
- Dates
- This final rule is effective on December 17, 2024.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0955-AA06
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 45 CFR 171
- Topics
- Computer technology; Health; Health care; Health insurance; Health records; Hospitals; Privacy; Public health; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 54
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