Public Law 104-191

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Public Law 104-191 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 1996 that established the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), setting national standards for health insurance portability, privacy, and security of health information.

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instanceOf Act of Congress
United States federal statute
administeredBy United States Department of Health and Human Services
surface form: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
amends Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
Internal Revenue Code
surface form: Internal Revenue Code of 1986

Public Health Service Act
codifiedIn Title 26 of the United States Code
United States Code Title 29
surface form: Title 29 of the United States Code

Title 42 of the United States Code
contains administrative simplification provisions
health care fraud and abuse control program provisions
medical savings account provisions
country United States of America
creates HIPAA Enforcement Rule authority
HIPAA Privacy Rule authority
HIPAA Security Rule authority
HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets standards authority
HIPAA Unique Identifiers standards authority
dateSigned 1996-08-21
enactedBy 104th United States Congress
enforcedBy Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Office for Civil Rights
surface form: Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
establishes administrative simplification standards for electronic health care transactions
national standards for health insurance portability
national standards for privacy of health information
national standards for security of health information
hasAcronym Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
surface form: HIPAA
hasShortTitle Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
surface form: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
limits preexisting condition exclusions in group health plans
primaryPurpose to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery
to improve access to long-term care services and coverage
to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage
to promote the use of medical savings accounts
to simplify the administration of health insurance
prohibits discrimination in group health plan eligibility based on health status
publicLawNumber 104-191
regulates certain individual health insurance coverage
group health plans
health insurance issuers offering group coverage
signedBy Bill Clinton
signingPresident Bill Clinton
subjectMatter health care fraud and abuse prevention
health information privacy
health information security
health insurance regulation
title Title I – Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability
Title II – Preventing Health Care Fraud and Abuse; Administrative Simplification; Medical Liability Reform
Title III – Tax-Related Health Provisions
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
surface form: Title IV – Application and Enforcement of Group Health Plan Requirements

Title V – Revenue Offsets
yearEnacted 1996

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