It states that states are exempted from the relevant privacy law.
"The trouble is that state public-health agencies received an exemption from the federal law, formally the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, enacted in 1996. "
However I can't find anywhere why or what was the thought or legal justification for this, in private companies HIPAA lingo usage is almost a buzzword and everyone is very careful and people down to pharmacy technicians down to software contractors who write software to handle health information are aware of it. Why the change?
"The trouble is that state public-health agencies received an exemption from the federal law, formally the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, enacted in 1996. "
However I can't find anywhere why or what was the thought or legal justification for this, in private companies HIPAA lingo usage is almost a buzzword and everyone is very careful and people down to pharmacy technicians down to software contractors who write software to handle health information are aware of it. Why the change?