The Biden administration is working on a proposal to better protect the privacy of patients seeking reproductive health care, a move that follows concerns from providers struggling to offer services amid state abortion restrictions.
The Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (RIN 0945-AA20) by the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights comes amid abortion bans in at least 24 states, and follows 2022 agency guidance for health providers to protect patient records when law enforcement requests them.
After the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision cut ...
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