HHS OCR Issues GINA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
October 1, 2009
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to strengthen privacy protections for genetic information under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, as required by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). GINA gives individuals new privacy and nondiscrimination rights with respect to the use of genetic information in health insurance decisions and employment. The proposed rule would modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule to clarify that genetic information is health information and to prohibit the use and disclosure of genetic information by health plans for underwriting purposes. The proposal includes a 60-day public comment period.
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
HHS Sec. Delegates Admin. & Enforce. Authority to OCR
Here is the Announcement from OCR concerning HHS delegation of privacy administration and enforcement to the Office of Civil Rights To save time, and get directly to the Federal Register, click the title above.
"Announcement
"Monday, August 3, 2009
"Secretary Delegates HIPAA Security Rule to OCR
"On August 3, 2009 OCR announced that the Secretary of Health and Human Services has delegated to the Director of OCR the authority to administer and enforce the HIPAA Security Rule. This action by Secretary Sebelius will improve HHS’ ability to protect individuals’ health information by combining the authority for administration and enforcement of the Federal standards for health information privacy and security called for in the HIPAA.
The transition of authority for the administration and enforcement of the Security Rule is expected to be seamless with no interruption in the management or processing of any complaints filed prior to the transition. Consumers may continue to submit HIPAA security complaints using the on-line resource – the Administrative Simplification Enforcement Tool (ASET), found at https:htct.hhs.gov/aset. New security complaints may also be sent to the Office for Civil Rights. For more information and detailed instructions on how to submit a complaint to OCR, visit the OCR website: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/. The transition of security complaints from CMS to OCR has no impact on how complaints about Transactions and Codes Sets or Unique Identifiers are filed or processed. CMS retains its enforcement authority for these other HIPAA rules.
:View the Federal Register notice of the Delegation of Authority at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/srdelegationofauthority2009.pdf and the Secretary’s press release at http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/08/20090803a.html."
"Announcement
"Monday, August 3, 2009
"Secretary Delegates HIPAA Security Rule to OCR
"On August 3, 2009 OCR announced that the Secretary of Health and Human Services has delegated to the Director of OCR the authority to administer and enforce the HIPAA Security Rule. This action by Secretary Sebelius will improve HHS’ ability to protect individuals’ health information by combining the authority for administration and enforcement of the Federal standards for health information privacy and security called for in the HIPAA.
The transition of authority for the administration and enforcement of the Security Rule is expected to be seamless with no interruption in the management or processing of any complaints filed prior to the transition. Consumers may continue to submit HIPAA security complaints using the on-line resource – the Administrative Simplification Enforcement Tool (ASET), found at https:htct.hhs.gov/aset. New security complaints may also be sent to the Office for Civil Rights. For more information and detailed instructions on how to submit a complaint to OCR, visit the OCR website: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/. The transition of security complaints from CMS to OCR has no impact on how complaints about Transactions and Codes Sets or Unique Identifiers are filed or processed. CMS retains its enforcement authority for these other HIPAA rules.
:View the Federal Register notice of the Delegation of Authority at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/srdelegationofauthority2009.pdf and the Secretary’s press release at http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/08/20090803a.html."
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Health Information Technology - NEW!
OCR has published new HIPAA Privacy Rule guidance documents as part of a Privacy and Security Toolkit to implement The Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Exchange of Individually Identifiable Health Information (Privacy and Security Framework). These new guidance documents discuss how the Privacy Rule can facilitate the electronic exchange of health information. Clicking on this blog's title should connect you with this site.
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