CDC/ATSDR Privacy Rule Reading Room

The CDC/ATSDR Privacy Reading Room is designed to provide access to Privacy Rule-related materials that will supply background on the Privacy Rule and assistance with the interpretation of this rule as it applies to public health.  Each category in the table below is hyperlinked to the appropriate section of the document for your convenience.  If you have any suggestions or questions about this page please email the CDC Privacy Rule Coordinator at slucido@cdc.gov.

• Testimony, Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (the Privacy Rule) and the Proposed Modifications to those Standards - by Claude A. Allen, Deputy Secretary, HHS before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, April 16, 2002

• Testimony – Health Privacy:  Regulation Enhances Protection of Patient Records but Raised Practical Concerns – by Leslie G. Aronovitz, GAO, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 2/8/01

• Testimony – Privacy Standards – Issues in HHS’ Proposed Rule on Confidentiality of Personal Health Information – by Janet Heinrich, GAO, before the before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/26/00

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Regulatory

• HHS Guidance - Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information
• Fact Sheet – Protecting the Privacy of Patient’s Health Information
• Final Privacy Rule:  Regulation Text
• Final Privacy Rule – Preamble (1 of 4)
• Final Privacy Rule – Preamble (2 of 4)
• Final Privacy Rule – Preamble (3 of 4)
• Final Privacy Rule – Preamble (4 of 4)
• Tentative Publication Schedule - HIPAA Administrative Simplification Regulations
• Pub. L. 104-191 - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

• Analysis of the Privacy Modification Notice of Proposed Rule Making, April 15, 2002, Price Waterhouse Coopers

• Redline Privacy Rule with Privacy Modification NPRM, Price Waterhouse Coopers
• HIPAA Glossary of Terms
• Rule in PDF Format, 12/28/00 -- Zipped [2.6M]  or in 8 parts: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8
• Rule in Text Format, 12/28/00 -- Zipped [725K] or in 8 parts: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8
• Rule in HTML Format, 12/28/00 -- Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Regulation Text Only

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 Presentations

• PowerPoint Presentation - Standards for Privacy of individually Identifiable Health Information:  Implications for Public Health Practice  presentation by Denise Koo, CDC’s Epidemiology Program Office.
• PowerPoint Presentation - The HIPAA Privacy & Transactions Rules  - presentation by Gail Horlick, CDC’s National Immunization Program.
• PowerPoint Presentation - The Impact of the HIPAA Privacy Rule on Immunization Registries - presentation by Gail Horlick, CDC’s National Immunization Program.
• PowerPoint Presentation – HIPAA and Public Health Issues:  A State Perspective – presentation by Vicki Hohner, Washington State Department of Health
• PowerPoint Presentation – Local Health Departments and HIPAA Readiness - presentation by Vicki Hohner, Washington State Department of Health
• Public Responsibility and HIPAA – presentation by Tom Hanks, Beacon Partners, Inc. & Tom Jeffrey, Davis, Wright, Tremaine, LLP
• State Health Privacy Laws:  What’s Left After HIPAA – presentation by Joy Pritts, J.D., Health Privacy Project, Georgetown University
• PowerPoint Presentation – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:  A Federal Law, presentation by HIPAA Project Management Team, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
• PowerPoint Presentation – What Impact Does HIPAA Have on Human Subjects Research? – presentation by Brooks A. Keal, Ph.D., University of Kansas School of Medicine
• PowerPoint Presentation – Advanced Privacy Officers Workshop – presentation by Anne Dirks-Linhorst, Privacy Officer, Missouri Department of Mental Health

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Reports

• GAO Report – Medical Records Privacy:  Access Needed for Health Research but Oversight of Privacy Protections Is Limited – February 1999

• The State of Health Privacy: An Uneven Terrain – A Comprehensive Survey of State Health Privacy Statutes, developed by Joy Pritts, J.D., Janlori Goldman, J.D., Zoe Hudson, Aimee Berenson, J.D., Elizabeth Hadley, J.D., Health Privacy Project, Georgetown University

• White Paper:  State HIPAA Implementation, HIPAAGives

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Legal Analyses

• Academic Letter Interpreting Impact of HIPAA on Cancer Registries (PDF), from James G. Hodge, Jr., J.D., LL.M, Georgetown University Law Center to North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
• Legal Letter Interpreting Impact of HIPAA on Cancer Registries (PDF), from Jeffrey M. Wilday, J.D., Brown, Hay, and Stephens to North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

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 Fact Sheets/Briefing Materials

• Privacy Facts:  Compilation of excerpts highlighting major provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule that are relevant to public health practice. The content has been approved by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
• Information Brief - HIPAA, National Association of State Budget Officers
• Issue Brief:  HIPAA and the States – Critical Issues and Compliance Strategies (PDF), National Governor’s Association
• NAACCR Letter to Central Cancer Registries (PDF), North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

• A History and Overview of HIPAA, Phoenix Health Systems

• HIPAA Primer, Phoenix Health Systems

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 Model Forms

• Model Letter for Cancer Registries for Reporting Facilities (PDF), North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

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