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HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy
The Health and Human Services Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on April 26, 2024. It took effect on June 25, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or "Department") is issuing this final rule to modify the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information ("Privacy Rule") under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act). The Department is issuing this final rule after careful consideration of all public comments received in response to the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy ("2023 Privacy Rule NPRM") and public comments received on proposals to revise provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule in the NPRM for the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records ("2022 Part 2 NPRM").
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-08503
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department
- Published
- April 26, 2024
- Takes effect
- June 25, 2024
- Dates
- Effective date: This final rule is effective on June 25, 2024.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0945-AA20
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 45 CFR 160; 45 CFR 164
- Topics
- Health care; Health records; Privacy; Public health; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 91
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