0945-AA28 202510 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 Privacy Rule to Promote Individuals' Timely Access to their Protected Health Information

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department) plans to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on proposals to modify the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (Privacy Rule) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act). The proposals would address the amount of time that covered entities have to respond to requests for protected health information (PHI) made pursuant to the right of access.

]]> Economically Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes No Regulatory 45 CFR Part 160 45 CFR Part 164 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), sec. 264 (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2 note) Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, sec. 13405 (42 U.S.C. 201 note) No NPRM 11/00/2026 Undetermined Businesses Governmental Jurisdictions Organizations Federal Local State Tribal No No No No Conner O'Brien Senior Advisor 0945 Office for Civil Rights OCR 800 537-7697 conner.obrien@hhs.gov 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20201