The article provides information on the delegation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) security rule to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appointed OCR to eliminate duplication and increase ...
The memo's provisions, which were formally entered into the Federal Register last week, revoked delegations of authority for OCR to protect against RFRA and First Amendment violations. In its memo, HHS described the moves as a way to redistribute authority among various agencies and "ensure ...