0945-AA09 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0945 Office for Civil Rights OCR 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS HIPAA Privacy Rule: Presumption of Good Faith of HealthCare Providers

The proposed rule would modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule to clarify that healthcare providers are presumed to be acting in the individual's best interests when they share information with an incapacitated patient's family members unless there is evidence that a provider has acted in bad faith.

 

 

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Deregulatory 45 CFR 164.510 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-191 Yes NPRM 09/00/2018 No None No 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