RE: DHHS: "Milestones in Health Information Privacy"

["Garlock, Barbara" <BGARLOCK@kilstock.com>]

FYI, a number of proposed standards required by HIPAA were published in the
federal register last summer.  There are a number of federal privacy bills
pending in Congress, at the moment, too.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Peter Marshall [SMTP:techdiff@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, May 05, 1999 5:51 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list MED-PRIVACY
> Subject:	DHHS: "Milestones in Health Information Privacy" 
> 
> 
> Milestones in Health Information Privacy
> 
> 
>  May 1997            Report on Privacy and Health Research
> 
>  July 31, 1997       Protecting Privacy of Health Information:
>                      Secretary Shalala's Speech at the National Press
>                      Club
> 
>  September 11, 1997  Secretary Shalala's Recommendations for Privacy
>                      legislation delivered to Congress
> 
>  September 11, 1997  Secretary Shalala's Testimony before the Senate
>                      Committee on Labor & Human Resources.
> 
>  August 21, 1999     Deadline for Congressional action on privacy
>                      legislation. If legislation to protect the
>                      privacy of  individually identifiable health
>                      information has not been enacted, the Secretary
>                      of Health and Human Services is required
>                      to promulgate such standards by regulation.
> 
> Last updated 3/23/98.
>