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OCR Proposes Sweeping HIPAA Security Rule Amendments

Last fall at the Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance Through HIPAA Security 2024 conference, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) promised that before year’s end, it would...more

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OCR Issues Reproductive Health Propose Rule, Focuses on Part 2-But Not Privacy Amendments

HIPAA covered entities (CEs) longing for the opportunity to dispense with what some would call the more nettlesome aspects of notices of privacy practices (NPPs) will just have to be patient. For how long, no one is saying....more

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U.S. Department of Education Proposes New Title IX Rules on Transgender Student-Athletes

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On April 6, 2023, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to Title IX, a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded programs. 20 U.S.C....more

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HHS Proposes HIPAA Changes to Protect Reproductive Health Information

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (Proposed Rule) on April 12, 2023, proposing amendments to the Health Insurance Portability and...more

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OCR Proposes HIPAA Amendments to Protect Reproductive Health Care Information

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In response to concerns about the confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) related to reproductive health care less than one year after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, and the prospect of...more

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504 Regulations Will Be Amended: Get Your Comments In

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The U.S. Department of Education made a recent announcement that it intends to strengthen and protect rights for students with disabilities by amending the regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of...more

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Department of Education Takes First Step Toward Release of Proposed Amendments to Title IX Regulations

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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced that it has sent its draft proposed amendments to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs...more

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HIPAA Privacy Rule Modification – Removing Barriers and Promoting Coordinated Care at What Cost?

On May 6, 2021, the comment period for the proposed modification to regulations implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule and Health Information Technology for...more

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Proposed HIPAA Changes Intended to “Empower Patients” and “Improve Coordination of Care”

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On December 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) collaborated on announcing proposed HIPAA changes, intended to “empower patients” and “improve coordination of...more

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Proposed Changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule Would Promote Information Sharing for Care Coordination Activities and Strengthen...

On December 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Standards for the Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health...more

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Proposed Amendments to HIPAA Regulations to “Empower Patients, Improve Coordinated Care, and Reduce Regulatory Burdens”

Nearly 20 years to the day after the first HIPAA privacy regulations were announced, HHS has posted proposed revisions to HIPAA, evidence that even after twenty years, HIPAA privacy remains a work in progress. These proposed...more

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Proposed Modifications to HIPAA Expands Individual Access Rights and Encourages Further Sharing of PHI for Care Coordination

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On December 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The proposed revisions to the Privacy Rule seek...more

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HHS Proposes Significant HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes: Amendments Would Increase Individual and Institutional Access and...

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Advocates for healthcare patients, providers, payors and privacy professionals received good news on Thursday, December 10, 2020 with the announcement of long-awaited and debated proposed amendments to the complex Health...more

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Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

SEC Proposes to Amend Rules Governing Its Administrative Proceedings - On September 24, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed to amend rules governing its administrative proceedings. Key...more

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