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Defer to State Law if More Stringent

Published on Wed Jan 18, 2023

Question: What does the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mean when they say that some state laws may be “more stringent” than the Health Insurance Portability and Account­ability Act (HIPAA) Security and Privacy Rules? Texas Subscriber Answer: Some state laws may enact stronger privacy protections for residents’ identifiable health information. One example of “more stringent” would be a state law [...]
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