Public comment submission: Immigrant communities deserve the same medical privacy protections and health data ownership rights as anyone else
April 24, 2018Health Justice, Immigrant Justice, Law and Society, Legislative, News
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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