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2019 UNT Dallas L. Rev. On the Cusp 1 (2019)

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ARTICLE
HOT TOPICS IN HIPAA COMPLIANCE
SCoTT CHASE
Table of Contents
In tro d u ctio n ....................................................................................................... . .  1
I.   D ata  B reaches........................................................................................... . .   2
II.  Effect of Texas M edical Privacy  Law  .........................................................  4
III.  A etn a  C ase.................................................................................................. . .  6
C onclu sion  ................................................................................................... . . .. 7
Introduction
On August 21, 1996, the federal Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law.2 Among its several reasons,
it was created to improve the portability and accountability of health insurance
coverage.3 Portability was to ensure health insurance coverage for employees
between   jobs.4    Accountability   was meant to      ensure  the  security  and
privacy/confidentiality of all patient information/data, regardless of insurance
status.5    This private patient information is known as protected health
1 Scott Chase is a partner at Farrow-Gillespie Heath Witter, and has been Board Certified in Health
Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2002. He holds a B.A. Political Science and
a J.D., both from University of Houston. Tahlia Clement is a law clerk at Farrow-Gillespie Heath
Witter. Tahlia is a 2019 candidate for a Juris Doctor at SMU Dedman School of Law, where she is
the Editor-in-Chief for SMU's Science and Technology Law Review. She holds a B.A. in journalism
and mass communications from Arizona State University.
2 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Pub. L. No. 104-191, 110
Stat. 1936 (1996) (codified primarily in Titles 18, 26, and 42 U.S.C.).
3 Id.
4 See Celeste L. Toy, Legislative Analyst's Office, 17-WTR Cal. Reg. L. Rep., 381, 382 (2001).
5 Id.

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