Public comment submission: Immigrant communities deserve the same medical privacy protections and health data ownership rights as anyone else

Public comment submission: Immigrant communities deserve the same medical privacy protections and health data ownership rights as anyone else

April 24, 2018

Health Justice, Immigrant Justice, Law and Society, Legislative, News

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NYLPI has filed public comments in opposition to a proposed homeland security change that would end some Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)-based medical records requests, and instead, institute a Freedom-of-information-act-based portal, because it would mean immigrant communities lose HIPAA privacy protections and ownership rights over their medical records.

Read the full NYLPI Public Comment.

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