0945-AA04 201904 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0945 Office for Civil Rights OCR 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS HIPAA Enforcement Rule: Sharing Civil Money Penalties or Monetary Settlements With Harmed Individuals and Annual Penalty Limits

This proposed rule would solicit the public's views on proposals for the distribution of civil money penalty and monetary settlements with those harmed by a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) offense and the annual limits on civil money penalties under the HITECH Act.  

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Other 45 CFR 160 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, Pub. L. 111-5, sec. 13410(c)(3) Social Security Act, sec. 1776 42 U.S.C. 1320d-5, as amended by HITECH Act sec. 13410(a) Statutory Final 02/01/2012 The statutory deadline for issuing a rule on civil monetary penalties was 2/1/2012. The statutory deadline to issue a rule on the new requirements on the sharing of civil monetary penalties with individuals harmed by the actions for which CMPs were imposed was February 1, 2012, pursuant to the HITECH Act. No NPRM 07/00/2019 No No None No No www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy No No Andra Wicks Health Information Privacy Specialist 0945 Office for Civil Rights OCR 800 368-1019 800 537-7697 ocrmail@hhs.gov 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20201