HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules (US Department of Health and Human Services Regulation) (HHS) (2018 Edition‪)‬

The Law Library presents the complete text of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules (US Department of Health and Human Services Regulation) (HHS) (2018 Edition).
Updated as of May 29, 2018

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or “the Department”) is issuing this final rule to: Modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules to implement statutory amendments under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“the HITECH Act” or “the Act”) to strengthen the privacy and security protection for individuals' health information; modify the rule for Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information (Breach Notification Rule) under the HITECH Act to address public comment received on the interim final rule; modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule to strengthen the privacy protections for genetic information by implementing section 105 of Title I of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA); and make certain other modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and Enforcement Rules (the HIPAA Rules) to improve their workability and effectiveness and to increase flexibility for and decrease burden on the regulated entities.

This ebook contains:
- The complete text of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules (US Department of Health and Human Services Regulation) (HHS) (2018 Edition)
- A dynamic table of content linking to each section
- A table of contents in introduction presenting a general overview of the structure