Health Affairs April 29, 2024
On April 26, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule to strengthen privacy protections for people accessing and providing reproductive health care. The final rule modifies the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (Privacy Rule) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act). Under the final rule, the Biden administration adds reproductive health care to the list of health care services that receive enhanced federal privacy protections. The rule was accompanied by a press release, a fact sheet, and a message from the OCR director.
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