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OTHER ON-LINE WEBSITES AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO HIPAA PRIVACY
The Administrative Simplification Provisions of the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996


State Privacy and Release Laws

Listing of Available HIPAA Privacy State Preemption Analyses

50 State HIPAA Privacy Study
Prepared by the Confidentiality Coalition of the Healthcare Leadership Council and available by subscription only.

The Health Privacy Project
Comprehensive state-by-state listing of individual states' privacy and release laws.



Model Policies and Forms

Sample Business Associate Contract
Sample business associate contract contained in the Appendix to the final regulations of August 2002, with HHS commentary and description.

Sample Notice of Privacy Practices
Prepared by the American Health Information Management Association. Note that this page includes a great deal of information about the notice and the sample notice has a blue background and is below the Sample Notice for Alcohol/Drug Patient Records.

Sample Notice of Privacy Practices.
Sample Notice of Privacy Practices form contained in the proposed HIPAA privacy rules. This form was not published in the final rules and the user should note carefully that this model does not include all of the required elements set forth in the final rule, but can be used as guidance on the style and format of a Notice.

Model Authorization Form
Model authorization form contained in the proposed HIPAA privacy rules. This form was not published in the final rules and the user should note carefully that this model does not include all of the required elements set forth in the final rule, but can be used as guidance on the style and format of an authorization.

Sample Consent for Uses and Disclosures Form
Prepared by the American Health Information Management Association

Sample Amendment Policy and Procedure
Sample policy and procedure for handling requests for amendments to protected health information. Prepared by the American Health Information Management Association. Note that this page includes information about amendments and the sample policy has a blue background and is about half way down the page.



Agencies Involved in HIPAA

Office of Civil Rights
Webpage of the Office for Civil Rights, the HHS component responsible for implementing and enforcing the privacy regulations.

Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
A collaborative industry-wide organization made up of federal government, provider, payer, vendor, consumer and standards developing organization representatives organized to improve healthcare through electronic commerce. The site includes HIPAA privacy resources.



Seminars and Programming

Website of the HIPAA Summits
Includes information on past and future HIPAA summits and copies of most handouts and presentations from completed summits.