CONFIDENTIALITY OF INDIVIDUALLY-IDENTIFIABLE HEALTH INFORMATION
Recommendations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
pursuant to section 264 of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996
Submitted to:
The Committee on Labor and Human Resources and the Committee on
Finance of the Senate
The Committee on Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means of
the House of Representatives
On September 11, 1997
CONFIDENTIALITY OF INDIVIDUALLY-IDENTIFIABLE HEALTH INFORMATION
Recommendations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
pursuant to section 264 of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996
A. Background
B. Why Federal Legislation is Needed
C. Recommendation for Establishing
Federal Privacy Standards
D. Principles
E. Boundaries -- Recommended Scope of
A Federal Privacy Law
F. Security
G. Consumer Control
H. Accountability
I. Public Responsibility
J. How Federal Privacy Legislation Should
Relate to Other Laws
K. Particular Classes of Information
A. Coverage
B. Basic Requirements
C. Patient Awareness and Control
D. Disclosures Authorized
by the Patient
E. Other Disclosures
F. Specialized Classes of Persons and
Entities
G. Relationship to Other Law
H. Enforcement
I. Administration
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