HR 52 · 105th Congress · Health
Fair Health Information Practices Act of 1997
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EnactedLatest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.(1997-06-05)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Fair Health Information Practices Subtitle A: Duties of Health Information Trustees Subtitle B: Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information Subtitle C: Access Procedures and Challenge Rights Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions Subtitle E: Enforcement Title II: Amendments to Title 5, United States Code Title III: Regulations, Research, and Education; Effective Dates; Applicability; and Relationship to Other Laws Fair Health Information Practices Act of 1997 - Title I: Fair Health Information Practices - Subtitle A: Duties of Health Information Trustees - Requires, subject to exceptions, health care providers, health oversight agencies, health benefit plan sponsors, or public health authorities to permit an individual to examine his or her own protected health information (physical or mental health records created or received by a health care provider, a health benefit plan sponsor, health oversight agency, or public health authority). Excepts certain mental health or other records which may endanger the individual. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) notice of information practices; (2) disclosure histories; and (3) security. Subtitle B: Use and…
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