United States of America: HHS Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support, and Remove Barriers to, Coordinated Care and Individual Engagement

Progress

Current status
revoked
21 Jan 2021 revoked
10 Dec 2020 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
other service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

21 Jan 2021
revoked

Regulatory freeze halting proposed changes to HIPAA Privacy rule

HHS Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support, and Remove Barriers to, Coordinated Care and Individual Engagement are halted due to regulatory freeze of new administration.

Source
Event type law
Action type termination
Government branch executive
Government body central government
10 Dec 2020
under deliberation

Announcement of proposed changes to HIPAA Privacy rule

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services` Office for Civil Rights published a draft to modify provisions of the HIPAA privacy rule on the patients` right to access health data. Particularly, the proposal increases the permissible health data…

Source
Event type law
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body