{"description":"Documents matching 'lawsuit hipaa privacy violation never'","count":97,"total_pages":5,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=lawsuit+hipaa+privacy+violation+never&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or \"Department\") is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on its proposal to modify the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (\"Security Rule\") under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act). The proposed modifications would revise existing standards to better protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The proposals in this NPRM would increase the cybersecurity for ePHI by revising the Security Rule to address: changes in the environment in which health care is provided; significant increases in breaches and cyberattacks; common deficiencies the Office for Civil Rights has observed in investigations into Security Rule compliance by covered entities and their business associates (collectively, \"regulated entities\"); other cybersecurity guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes; and court decisions that affect enforcement of the Security Rule.","document_number":"2024-30983","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-30983/hipaa-security-rule-to-strengthen-the-cybersecurity-of-electronic-protected-health-information","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-30983.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30983.pdf?1735334119","publication_date":"2025-01-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"to affirmatively acknowledge that a <span class=\"match\">violation</span> of the organization's <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> policies or procedures may result in sanctions.\n 517 \n \n \n \n \n 517 \n  \n See \n “Security Standards: Administrative Safeguards,” <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> Security Series, Volume 2, Paper 2, Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (May 2005, revised Mar. 2007), \n https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocr/<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>/<span class=\"match\">hipaa</span>/administrative/securityrule/adminsafeguards.pdf; see also \n “Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (<span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span>) Security Rule: A Cybersecurity Resource"},{"title":"HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or \"Department\") is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on its proposal to modify the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (\"Privacy Rule\") under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act). The proposal would modify existing standards permitting uses and disclosures of protected health information (PHI) by limiting uses and disclosures of PHI for certain purposes where the use or disclosure of information is about reproductive health care that is lawful under the circumstances in which such health care is provided. The proposal would modify existing standards by prohibiting uses and disclosures of PHI for criminal, civil, or administrative investigations or proceedings against individuals, covered entities or their business associates (collectively, \"regulated entities\"), or other persons for seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating reproductive health care that is lawful under the circumstances in which it is provided.","document_number":"2023-07517","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/17/2023-07517/hipaa-privacy-rule-to-support-reproductive-health-care-privacy","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-04-17/pdf/2023-07517.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-07517.pdf?1681328717","publication_date":"2023-04-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"and Human Services (HHS or “Department”) proposes modifications to the Standards for <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> of Individually Identifiable Health Information (“<span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule”), issued pursuant to section 264 of the Administrative Simplification provisions of title II, subtitle F, of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (<span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span>).\n 1 \n \n The <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule \n 2 \n \n is one of several rules, collectively known as the <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> Rules,\n 3 \n \n that protect the <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> and security of individuals' protected health information \n 4 \n \n (PHI), which is individually"},{"title":"Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) is issuing this final rule to partially rescind the May 21, 2019, final rule entitled, \"Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority\" (\"2019 Final Rule\"), while leaving in effect the framework created by the February 23, 2011, final rule entitled, \"Regulation for the Enforcement of Federal Health Care Provider Conscience Protection Laws\" (\"2011 Final Rule\"), which has been in effect continuously since March 25, 2011. Though the 2019 Final Rule never took effect, the Department also retains, with some modifications, certain provisions of the 2019 Final Rule regarding federal conscience protections, but eliminates others that are redundant or confusing, that undermine the clarity of the statutes Congress enacted to both safeguard conscience rights and protect access to health care, or because significant questions have been raised as to their legality.","document_number":"2024-00091","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/11/2024-00091/safeguarding-the-rights-of-conscience-as-protected-by-federal-statutes","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-11/pdf/2024-00091.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-00091.pdf?1704807917","publication_date":"2024-01-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"complaints of statutory <span class=\"match\">violations</span> that served as a predicate for the 2019 Final Rule, and \n \n thanks the commenters for sharing their other thoughts regarding this issue. The Department notes that OCR's overall caseload has multiplied in recent years, increasing to over 51,000 complaints in 2022—an increase of 69 percent between 2017 and 2022—with 27 percent of those complaints alleging <span class=\"match\">violations</span> of civil rights, 66 percent alleging <span class=\"match\">violations</span> of health information <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> and security laws, and 7 percent alleging <span class=\"match\">violations</span> of conscience/religious"},{"title":"Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies Concerning Medical Information (Regulation V)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing a final rule amending Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), concerning medical information. The FCRA prohibits creditors from considering medical information in credit eligibility determinations. The CFPB is removing a regulatory exception that had permitted creditors to obtain and use information on medical debts notwithstanding this statutory limitation. The final rule also provides that a consumer reporting agency generally may not furnish to a creditor a consumer report containing information on medical debt that the creditor is prohibited from using.","document_number":"2024-30824","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2024-30824/prohibition-on-creditors-and-consumer-reporting-agencies-concerning-medical-information-regulation-v","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2024-30824.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30824.pdf?1736775917","publication_date":"2025-01-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"information. These commenters stated that current <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> protections are sufficient and that the CFPB had not considered or presented evidence of inappropriate practices by lenders under the current rule that warrant the change in policy. Commenters also stated that the FCRA does not delegate the power to change <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> protections to the CFPB; that the proposal might increase <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> risks, because it may require handling of medical information across more entities; and that consumers would have less <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> because of a likely increase in debt collection"},{"title":"Provisions Pertaining to Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice proposes a rule to implement Executive Order 14117 of February 28, 2024 (Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government- Related Data by Countries of Concern), by prohibiting and restricting certain data transactions with certain countries or persons.","document_number":"2024-24582","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/29/2024-24582/provisions-pertaining-to-preventing-access-to-us-sensitive-personal-data-and-government-related-data","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-29/pdf/2024-24582.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24582.pdf?1729628118","publication_date":"2024-10-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"}],"excerpts":"though it may be difficult.\n \n \n \n 260 \n  \n See \n Off. of the Victorian Info. Comm'r, \n Biometrics and <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span>—Issues and Challenges \n (July 2019), \n https://ovic.vic.gov.au/<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>/resources-for-organisations/biometrics-and-<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>-issues-and-challenges/ \n [\n https://perma.cc/ME8R-XWJU \n ]; \n Is Biometric Information Protected by <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Laws?, \n Bloomberg L. (June 20, 2024), \n https://pro.bloomberglaw.com/insights/<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>/biometric-data-<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>-laws/ \n [\n https://perma.cc/56EZ-69HK \n ].\n \n \n \n \n 261 \n  \n Id. \n \n \n \n • \n Availability: \n Moderate"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) is issuing this final rule regarding section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (section 1557). Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health programs and activities. Section 1557(c) of the ACA authorizes the Secretary of the Department to promulgate regulations to implement the nondiscrimination requirements of section 1557. The Department is also revising its interpretation regarding whether Medicare Part B constitutes Federal financial assistance for purposes of civil rights enforcement. Additionally, the Department is revising provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in regulations issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) governing Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); health insurance issuers and their officials, employees, agents, and representatives; States and the Exchanges carrying out Exchange requirements; agents, brokers, or web-brokers that assist with or facilitate enrollment of qualified individuals, qualified employers, or qualified employees; issuers providing essential health benefits (EHB); and qualified health plan issuers.","document_number":"2024-08711","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/06/2024-08711/nondiscrimination-in-health-programs-and-activities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-06/pdf/2024-08711.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08711.pdf?1714162519","publication_date":"2024-05-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"Servs., Off. for Civil Rts., \n <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule and Disclosures of Information Relating to Reproductive Health Care \n (June 29, 2022), \n https://www.hhs.gov/<span class=\"match\">hipaa</span>/for-professionals/<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>/guidance/phi-reproductive-health/index.html \n .\n \n \n \n \n 378 \n  U.S. Dep't of Health &amp; Hum. Servs., Off. for Civil Rts., \n Protecting the <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> and Security of Your Health Information When Using Your Personal Cell Phone or Tablet \n (June 29, 2022), \n https://www.hhs.gov/<span class=\"match\">hipaa</span>/for-professionals/<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>/guidance/cell-phone-<span class=\"match\">hipaa</span>/index.html \n .\n \n \n \n \n 379"},{"title":"Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies Concerning Medical Information (Regulation V)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seeking public comment on a proposed rule amending Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), concerning medical information. The CFPB is proposing to remove a regulatory exception in Regulation V from the limitation in the FCRA on creditors obtaining or using information on medical debts for credit eligibility determinations. The proposed rule would also provide that a consumer reporting agency generally may not furnish to a creditor a consumer report containing information on medical debt that the creditor is prohibited from using.","document_number":"2024-13208","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/18/2024-13208/prohibition-on-creditors-and-consumer-reporting-agencies-concerning-medical-information-regulation-v","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-18/pdf/2024-13208.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-13208.pdf?1718628315","publication_date":"2024-06-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"\n \n \n Medical debt collection <span class=\"match\">lawsuits</span> tend to be filed in small claims courts and to involve amounts of less than $10,000, with most <span class=\"match\">lawsuits</span> ending in default judgment in favor of plaintiffs.\n 181 \n \n Health care providers may contract with debt collectors to file debt collection <span class=\"match\">lawsuits</span> on their behalf.\n 182 \n \n Depending on whether health care providers sell or assign medical debt to debt collectors, it can be difficult to assess who decides to bring and incur the costs associated with debt collection <span class=\"match\">lawsuits</span>. Health care providers may sell"},{"title":"Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice is issuing a final rule to implement Executive Order 14117 of February 28, 2024 (Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government- Related Data by Countries of Concern), by prohibiting and restricting certain data transactions with certain countries or persons.","document_number":"2024-31486","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2024-31486/preventing-access-to-us-sensitive-personal-data-and-government-related-data-by-countries-of-concern","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-08/pdf/2024-31486.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31486.pdf?1735911918","publication_date":"2025-01-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"}],"excerpts":"a finding of <span class=\"match\">violation</span> is warranted. \n If, after considering the response, the Department of Justice determines that a final finding of <span class=\"match\">violation</span> should be issued, the Department of Justice will issue a final finding of <span class=\"match\">violation</span> that will inform the <span class=\"match\">violator</span> of its decision. The Department shall provide the <span class=\"match\">violator</span> with the relevant information that is not privileged, classified, or otherwise protected, that forms the basis for the finding of <span class=\"match\">violation</span>. A final finding of <span class=\"match\">violation</span> shall constitute final agency action. The <span class=\"match\">violator</span> has the right"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Education (Department) amends the regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). The purpose of these amendments is to better align the Title IX regulatory requirements with Title IX's nondiscrimination mandate. These amendments clarify the scope and application of Title IX and the obligations of recipients of Federal financial assistance from the Department, including elementary schools, secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, and other recipients (referred to below as \"recipients\" or \"schools\") to provide an educational environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, including through responding to incidents of sex discrimination. These final regulations will enable all recipients to meet their obligations to comply with Title IX while providing them with appropriate discretion and flexibility to account for variations in school size, student populations, and administrative structures.","document_number":"2024-07915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/29/2024-07915/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-29/pdf/2024-07915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07915.pdf?1713530716","publication_date":"2024-04-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"similar records made in connection with treatment are particularly sensitive and warrant heightened <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> protections. \n \n The Department appreciates the comments regarding <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span>, which protects the <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> and security of certain health information; however, the Department does not enforce <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> and lacks authority under Title IX to require recipients to comply with <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> through these Title IX regulations. The Department also notes that <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> specifically excludes from its coverage records that are protected by FERPA, including education records"},{"title":"Implementation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is issuing this final rule and interpretive guidance to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which requires a covered entity to provide reasonable accommodations to a qualified employee's or applicant's known limitations related to, affected by, or arising out of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause an undue hardship on the operation of the business of the covered entity.","document_number":"2024-07527","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/19/2024-07527/implementation-of-the-pregnant-workers-fairness-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-19/pdf/2024-07527.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07527.pdf?1713194114","publication_date":"2024-04-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION","name":"Equal Employment Opportunity Commission","id":147,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/equal-employment-opportunity-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/147","parent_id":null,"slug":"equal-employment-opportunity-commission"}],"excerpts":"§ 1636.6 \n \n A State shall not be immune under the 11th Amendment to the Constitution from an action in a Federal or State court of competent jurisdiction for a <span class=\"match\">violation</span> of the PWFA. In any action against a State for a <span class=\"match\">violation</span> of the PWFA, remedies (including remedies both at law and in equity) are available for such a <span class=\"match\">violation</span> to the same extent such remedies are available for such a <span class=\"match\">violation</span> in an action against any public or private entity other than a State. \n \n \n § 1636.7 \n \n \n (a) \n In general. \n (1) The PWFA and this part do not invalidate"},{"title":"Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses","type":"Rule","abstract":"OSHA is amending its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation to require certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA that employers are already required to keep under the recordkeeping regulation. Specifically, OSHA is amending its regulation to require establishments with 100 or more employees in certain designated industries to electronically submit information from their OSHA Forms 300 and 301 to OSHA once a year. OSHA will not collect employee names or addresses, names of health care professionals, or names and addresses of facilities where treatment was provided if treatment was provided away from the worksite from the Forms 300 and 301. Establishments with 20 to 249 employees in certain industries will continue to be required to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A annual summary to OSHA once a year. All establishments with 250 or more employees that are required to keep records under OSHA's injury and illness regulation will also continue to be required to electronically submit information from their Form 300A to OSHA on an annual basis. OSHA is also updating the NAICS codes used in appendix A, which designates the industries required to submit their Form 300A data, and is adding appendix B, which designates the industries required to submit Form 300 and Form 301 data. In addition, establishments will be required to include their company name when making electronic submissions to OSHA. OSHA intends to post some of the data from the annual electronic submissions on a public website after identifying and removing information that could reasonably be expected to identify individuals directly, such as individuals' names and contact information.","document_number":"2023-15091","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/07/21/2023-15091/improve-tracking-of-workplace-injuries-and-illnesses","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-07-21/pdf/2023-15091.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-15091.pdf?1689597917","publication_date":"2023-07-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","id":386,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/occupational-safety-and-health-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/386","parent_id":271,"slug":"occupational-safety-and-health-administration"}],"excerpts":"(Docket IDs 0007, 0013). But as explained below, <span class=\"match\">HIPAA's</span> implementing regulations specifically allow employers to release workplace injury and illness data to OSHA.\n \n The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implements <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> through regulations at 45 CFR parts 160 and 164, known as the <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> “<span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule.” The <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule protects the <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> of individually identifiable health information (referred to as “protected health information” or “PHI”) maintained or transmitted by <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span>-covered entities and their business associates. The"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) is committed to protecting the civil rights of individuals with disabilities under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (section 504). To implement the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability, the Department is making a number of revisions to update and amend its section 504 regulation.","document_number":"2024-09237","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/09/2024-09237/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-in-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal-financial","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-09/pdf/2024-09237.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09237.pdf?1714567521","publication_date":"2024-05-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"elsewhere, the Department's investigations of specific complaints regarding <span class=\"match\">violations</span> of § 84.56 will be fact-dependent.\n \n We agree that § 84.56(b)(3) would likely be <span class=\"match\">violated</span> when a procedure has an expected and actual effect of sterilization and the circumstances otherwise fit the language of paragraph (b)(3). This could include pressuring individuals to use unwanted contraception, particularly long-acting forms of contraception, which would also likely represent a <span class=\"match\">violation</span> of the broad based prohibition against discrimination articulated in § 84"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises standards relating to denial of coverage for failure to pay past-due premium; excludes Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients from the definition of \"lawfully present;\" establishes the evidentiary standard HHS uses to assess an agent's, broker's, or web-broker's potential noncompliance; revises the Exchange automatic reenrollment hierarchy; revises standards related to the annual open enrollment period and special enrollment periods; revises standards relating to failure to file and reconcile, income eligibility verifications for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions, annual eligibility redeterminations, de minimis thresholds for the actuarial value for plans subject to essential health benefits (EHB) requirements, and income-based cost-sharing reduction plan variations. This final rule also revises the premium adjustment percentage methodology and prohibits issuers of coverage subject to EHB requirements from providing coverage for specified sex-trait modification procedures as an EHB.","document_number":"2025-11606","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/25/2025-11606/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-marketplace-integrity-and-affordability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-25/pdf/2025-11606.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11606.pdf?1750709712","publication_date":"2025-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"because the policy would discriminate on the basis of sex in <span class=\"match\">violation</span> of section 1557 of the ACA. Many commenters objecting to the proposal also stated that the proposal constitutes unlawful discrimination in <span class=\"match\">violation</span> of the Equal Protection Clause and several court opinions finding that medically unsupported exclusions of specific treatments for beneficiaries with gender dysphoria could constitute discrimination in <span class=\"match\">violation</span> of Federal law. Many opposing commenters raising Equal Protection Clause arguments noted that because they believe this policy"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This final rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); requirements related to defrayal for the cost of any State-required benefits in addition to the EHB; cost- sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive plan years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); and revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States. This final rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-10050","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10050/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10050.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10050.pdf?1779135308","publication_date":"2026-05-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"change in this rule. HHS may consider the level of the <span class=\"match\">violation</span>, as determined in part by the frequency of the <span class=\"match\">violation</span>, taking into consideration whether any <span class=\"match\">violation</span> is an isolated occurrence, represents a pattern, or is widespread. HHS may also consider any aggravating or mitigating circumstances or other such factors as justice may require. Therefore, if factors such as volume of <span class=\"match\">violations</span>, which may correlate with issuer size based on the volume of policies, duration of <span class=\"match\">violations</span>, financial impact, and good faith compliance efforts fall"},{"title":"Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would implement the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Reporting Program provision of the 21st Century Cures Act by establishing new Conditions and Maintenance of Certification requirements for health information technology (health IT) developers under the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Program). This proposed rule would also make several updates to certification criteria and implementation specifications recognized by the Program, including a revised certification criterion for decision support and revised certification criteria for patient demographics and observations and electronic case reporting. This proposed rule would establish a new baseline version of the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI). Additionally, this proposed rule would provide enhancements to support information sharing under the information blocking regulations. The implementation of these provisions would advance interoperability, improve transparency, and support the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. The proposed rule would also update the Program in additional ways to advance interoperability, enhance health IT certification, and reduce burden and costs.","document_number":"2023-07229","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/18/2023-07229/health-data-technology-and-interoperability-certification-program-updates-algorithm-transparency-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-04-18/pdf/2023-07229.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-07229.pdf?1681217116","publication_date":"2023-04-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"could help address some of the <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> and equity concerns around data practices.\n \n \n \n 275 \n  See generally OECD Report, Emerging <span class=\"match\">privacy</span>-enhancing technologies, (March 2023), \n https://www.oecd.org/publications/emerging-<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>-enhancing-technologies-bf121be4-en.htm; \n The Royal Society, From <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> to partnership: The role of <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> enhancing technologies in data governance and collaborative analysis, (January 2023), \n https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/projects/<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>-enhancing-technologies/From-<span class=\"match\">Privacy</span>-to-Partnership.pdf. \n \n \n \n \n"},{"title":"Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Trade Commission (\"FTC\") is publishing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (\"ANPR\") to request public comment on the prevalence of commercial surveillance and data security practices that harm consumers. Specifically, the Commission invites comment on whether it should implement new trade regulation rules or other regulatory alternatives concerning the ways in which companies collect, aggregate, protect, use, analyze, and retain consumer data, as well as transfer, share, sell, or otherwise monetize that data in ways that are unfair or deceptive.","document_number":"2022-17752","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/22/2022-17752/trade-regulation-rule-on-commercial-surveillance-and-data-security","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-08-22/pdf/2022-17752.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-17752.pdf?1660913118","publication_date":"2022-08-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"technologies and emerging demands for information. Perhaps most importantly, a national <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> law would help curb <span class=\"match\">violations</span> of our civil liberties.\n 4 \n \n \n \n \n 4 \n  \n See \n Christine Wilson, Op-Ed, Coronavirus Demands a <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Law, Wall St. J., May 13 2020, available at \n https://www.wsj.com/articles/congress-needs-to-pass-a-coronavirus-<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>-law-11589410686; \n Christine S. Wilson, <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> and Public/Private Partnerships in a Pandemic, Keynote Remarks <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> + Security Forum (May 7, 2020), \n https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/public"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule will advance CMS's efforts to improve access to care, quality and health outcomes, and better address health equity issues for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) managed care enrollees. The final rule addresses standards for timely access to care and States' monitoring and enforcement efforts, reduces State burdens for implementing some State directed payments (SDPs) and certain quality reporting requirements, adds new standards that will apply when States use in lieu of services and settings (ILOSs) to promote effective utilization and that specify the scope and nature of ILOSs, specifies medical loss ratio (MLR) requirements, and establishes a quality rating system for Medicaid and CHIP managed care plans.","document_number":"2024-08085","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/10/2024-08085/medicaid-program-medicaid-and-childrens-health-insurance-program-chip-managed-care-access-finance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-10/pdf/2024-08085.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08085.pdf?1713816918","publication_date":"2024-05-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"suppressed due to low denominator sizes to ensure validity of the ratings and <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> of the included beneficiaries. Through their managed care contracts, States must ensure that Medicaid and CHIP managed care plans ensure the <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> of enrollee data pursuant to §§ 438.224 and 457.1233(e) respectively; States are also required to protect beneficiary confidentiality by Subpart F of part 431 of this chapter. In addition, the <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> and security requirements under <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> apply to Medicaid and CHIP. \n See \n 45 CFR part 164.\n \n \n Comment: \n Many commenters"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) is issuing this proposed rule on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (Section 1557). Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health programs and activities. Section 1557(c) of the ACA authorizes the Secretary of the Department to promulgate regulations to implement the nondiscrimination requirements of Section 1557. The Department is also proposing to revise its interpretation regarding whether Medicare Part B constitutes Federal financial assistance for purposes of civil rights enforcement and to revise nondiscrimination provisions to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in regulations issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) governing Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); health insurance issuers and their officials, employees, agents, and representatives; States and the Exchanges carrying out Exchange requirements; agents, brokers, or web-brokers that assist with or facilitate enrollment of qualified individuals, qualified employers, or qualified employees; issuers providing essential health benefits; and qualified health plan issuers.","document_number":"2022-16217","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/04/2022-16217/nondiscrimination-in-health-programs-and-activities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-08-04/pdf/2022-16217.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-16217.pdf?1659039317","publication_date":"2022-08-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"solely on the basis of their sex assigned at birth or gender identity likely <span class=\"match\">violates</span> Section 1557.” \n 41 \n \n On March 31, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a letter to State Attorneys General addressing protections against unlawful discrimination based on gender identity, including protections afforded by Section 1557.\n 42 \n \n \n \n \n 40 \n  U.S. Dep't of Health &amp; Human Servs., HHS Notice and Guidance on Gender Affirming Care, Civil Rights, and Patient <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> (Mar. 2, 2022), \n https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/hhs-ocr-notice"},{"title":"Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"OSHA is proposing to amend its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation to require certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA that employers are already required to keep under the recordkeeping regulation. Specifically, OSHA proposes to amend its regulation to require establishments with 100 or more employees in certain designated industries to electronically submit information from their OSHA Forms 300, 301, and 300A to OSHA once a year. Establishments with 20 or more employees in certain industries would continue to be required to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A annual summary to OSHA once a year. OSHA also proposes to update the classification system used to determine the list of industries covered by the electronic submission requirement. In addition, the proposed rule would remove the current requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees, not in a designated industry, to electronically submit information from their Form 300A to OSHA on an annual basis. OSHA intends to post the data from the proposed annual electronic submission requirement on a public website after identifying and removing information that reasonably identifies individuals directly, such as individuals' names and contact information. Finally, OSHA is proposing to require establishments to include their company name when making electronic submissions to OSHA.","document_number":"2022-06546","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/30/2022-06546/improve-tracking-of-workplace-injuries-and-illnesses","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-03-30/pdf/2022-06546.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-06546.pdf?1648471521","publication_date":"2022-03-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","id":386,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/occupational-safety-and-health-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/386","parent_id":271,"slug":"occupational-safety-and-health-administration"}],"excerpts":"infringe on employers' Fourth Amendment rights. The Fourth Amendment protects against searches and seizures of private property by the government, but only when a person has a “legitimate expectation of <span class=\"match\">privacy</span>” in the object of the search or seizure (\n Rakas \n v. \n Illinois, \n 439 U.S. 128, 143-47 (1978)). There is little or no expectation of <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> in records that are required by the government to be kept and made available (\n Free Speech Coalition \n v. \n Holder, \n 729 F. Supp. 2d 691, 747, 750-51 (E.D. Pa. 2010) (citing cases); \n United States"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2024 Rates; Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Rural Emergency Hospital and Physician-Owned Hospital Requirements; and Provider and Supplier Disclosure of Ownership; and Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments: Counting Certain Days Associated With Section 1115 Demonstrations in the Medicaid Fraction","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule will: revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals; make changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; update the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); and make other policy- related changes. This final rule also revises our regulations on the counting of days associated with individuals eligible for certain benefits provided by section 1115 demonstrations in the Medicaid fraction of a hospital's disproportionate patient percentage (DPP) used in the disproportionate share hospital (DSH) calculation.","document_number":"2023-16252","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/28/2023-16252/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-and-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-08-28/pdf/2023-16252.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-16252.pdf?1690920924","publication_date":"2023-08-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"implementation of a recommended practice does not guarantee compliance with <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span>, the <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> Security Rule, Medicare or Medicaid Conditions of Participation, or any other laws or regulations. The SAFER Guides are for informational purposes only and are not intended to be an exhaustive or definitive source, nor do they constitute legal advice. Users of the SAFER Guides are encouraged to consult with their own legal counsel regarding compliance with Medicare or Medicaid program requirements, <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span>, and any other laws. However, attesting “yes” to the SAFER Guides"}]}