0945-AA04 201910 The Regulatory Plan and the 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: Annual Penalty Limits and Sharing Civil Money Penalties or Monetary Settlements With Harmed Individuals

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 on proposals on some of the annual limits on civil money penalties (CMP) 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) & (4) Social Security Act, sec. 1776, 42 U.S.C. 1320d-5, as amended by HITECH Act sec. 13410(a) & (d) Statutory Final 02/17/2012 The statutory deadline for issuing a rule on sharing of civil monetary penalties or monetary settlements was 2/17/2012. The statutory deadline to issue a rule on the requirements on the sharing of civil monetary penalties (CMP) or monetary settlements with individuals harmed by the actions for which CMPs were imposed was February 17, 2012, pursuant to the HITECH Act. No NPRM 07/00/2020 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