Providers, Lawmakers Want Changes Beyond HHS’ Substance Use Privacy Rule

By Chelsea Cirruzzo / August 23, 2019 at 6:18 PM
HHS’s long-awaited proposal to relax a strict privacy scheme protecting substance use records has renewed calls from both Senate and House lawmakers, including Energy & Commerce Republicans, to pass a bill going further than the proposed rule to fully align the scheme with the less-stringent Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The rule proposed Thursday (Aug. 22) loosens privacy protections from 42 CFR Part 2, an extra layer of protection on substance use records . The proposed rule is...


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