Why health attorneys must not dismiss the revised Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act

Why health attorneys must not dismiss the revised Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

Health lawyers should pay attention to a revised version of the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act currently in the works, according to Indiana University law professor Nicolas Terry.

While a 2012 version exempted HIPAA-covered entities, since it was considered duplicative regulation, this new bill seeks to regulate data collection, Terry writes in a Health Affairs Blog post. HIPAA, he points out, is less focused on the collection of personal data than on its disclosure.

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