OCR made the final step before publishing final rules on HIPAA/HITECH, sending its rules to the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) March 24 for a review.
Once OMB completes the review — which can last up to 90 days — the rules will be published. OCR packaged four rules into one under the title, “Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules”:
The final rules will include:
- Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules (namely making business associates and subcontractors liable and responsible for security-rule compliance and the use and disclosures provision of the privacy rule)
- Enforcement (new penalty levels)
- Breach notification
- Modifications of the HIPAA Privacy Rule as required by section 105 of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008.
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