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Stricter Than HIPAA: Is Your Substance Abuse Or Mental Health Program In Compliance With 42 CFR Part 2? - UPDATED May 2024

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To protect patients seeking addiction treatment, the federal government passed strict regulations limiting the disclosure of substance abuse patient records. Substance abuse treatment programs must not only comply with the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Proposed Changes to Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Rules Would Support Better Care, Decrease Stigma,...

Amid the ongoing proliferation of headlines about the mental health crisis in the United States, of which substance use disorder is a large part, the recent issuance by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: Modernizing Confidentiality Rules for Substance Use Disorder Records (Again): 2019 Proposed Changes to 42 CFR...

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This week’s episode is the second in an ongoing series focusing on recent efforts by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to update 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Part 2) regulations related to the...more

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K&L Gates Triage: The Opioid Epidemic & the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Records: an Update on 42 CFR Part 2 - Part 1...

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This episode is the first in a series focusing on recent efforts by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to update 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Part 2) regulations related to the confidentiality of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

SAMHSA and ONC Issue Fact Sheets on Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Information

In response to the opioid crisis, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in collaboration with the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) recently issued two fact sheets to provide clarity on...more

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SAMHSA Finalizes Second Round of Changes to Federal Substance Use Disorder Privacy Rule

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New federal regulations published on January 3, 2018, clarify when lawful holders of substance-use disorder records may use and disclose patient identifying information for payment, health care operations, and audits and...more

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SAMHSA Finalizes Additional Changes to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Regulations

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On January 3, 2018, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) published a final rule (“Final Rule”) to further update the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations...more

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Final Rule Clarifies When Substance Abuse Programs Can Disclose Patient Information

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A final rule from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration establishes requirements for the exchange of patient information between substance abuse treatment programs and their agents and contractors. ...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Further modernizations to rules on confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records on the way

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On January 3, 2018, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a Final Rule which results in changes to the federal regulations governing substance use disorder patient records, or so-called...more

Sands Anderson PC

When is a child not a child for the purpose of access to health records?

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Healthcare providers are accustomed to adult involvement in the medical care of most “unemancipated” minors – minors who are not legally independent from their parents. Access to the minor’s records and/or medical information...more

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Eight Things to Know About the New Federal Substance Use Disorder Privacy Rule

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A final rule published on January 18 implements the first major revisions to the federal regulations governing the confidentiality of substance-use disorder patient records (Part 2) since 1987. It finalizes a proposal from...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Mental health center hacked

Not-for-profit mental health center Emergence Health Network, located in El Paso, Texas, has announced that its computer servers were compromised “through an unauthorized internet connection” from as far back as 2012....more

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