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HHS/OCR

RIN: 0945-AA04

Publication ID: Fall 2013

Title: HIPAA Enforcement: Distribution of a Percentage of Civil Money Penalties or Monetary Settlements to Harmed Individuals
Abstract: This advance notice of proposed rulemaking would solicit the public's views on establishing a methodology under which an individual who is harmed by an offense punishable under HIPAA may receive a percentage of any civil money penalty or monetary settlement collected with respect to the offense. The Department is required by section 13410(c)(3) of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) to issue rules to establish this methodology.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 45 CFR 160
Legal Authority: PL 111-5, sec 13410(c)(3)

Legal Deadline: Action Source Description Date Final  Statutory  Deadline for issuance of regulations under HITECH  02/00/2012

Timetable: Action Date FR Cite ANPRM  03/00/2014

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Andra Wicks Health Information Privacy Specialist Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201 Phone:202 205-2292 Fax:202 205-4786 Email: andra.wicks@hhs.gov