Office of the Secretary July 14, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Federal Advisory Committee; Department of Defense Wage Committee
Document Number: 2010-17165
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-14
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense
Pursuant to the provisions of section 10 of Public Law 92-463, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that a closed meeting of the Department of Defense Wage Committee will be held on August 10, 2010, in Rosslyn, VA.
Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
Document Number: 2010-16718
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-07-14
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or ``the Department'') is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (Privacy Rule), the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (Security Rule), and the rules pertaining to Compliance and Investigations, Imposition of Civil Money Penalties, and Procedures for Hearings (Enforcement Rule) issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The purpose of these modifications is to implement recent statutory amendments under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (``the HITECH Act'' or ``the Act''), to strengthen the privacy and security protection of health information, and to improve the workability and effectiveness of these HIPAA Rules.
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