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CMS issues proposed rule adding genetic information to HIPAA protections
- Baker & Hostetler LLP
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- USA
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- October 15 2009
On October 7, 2009, the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Labor and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published interim final regulations under Title I of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) to prohibit group health plans and health insurance issuers from discriminating based on genetic information
Congressional leaders urge repeal of "risk of harm" standard in HIPAA breach notification interim rule
- Baker & Hostetler LLP
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- USA
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- October 15 2009
On October 1, 2009, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Chairman-Emeritus John Dingell (D-Mich.), Ranking Member Joe Barton (R-Tex.) and Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Health; and Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee and Pete Stark (D-Calif.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Health delivered a letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), urging the Secretary to repeal or revoke the so-called "risk of harm" standard found in the Interim Final Rule for HIPAA breach notifications published on August 24, 2009
Red flags rule, data security, HIPAA privacy
- Baker & Hostetler LLP
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- USA
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- October 15 2009
On October 8, 2009, Rep. John H. Adler (D-N.J.) introduced legislation to exempt certain professional businesses from the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Red Flags Rule (H.R. 3763
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- Author - John S. Mulhollan
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