On July 10, the House of Representatives passed the 21st Century Cures Act to increase medical research funding and facilitate quicker access to new treatments. Among a variety of other medical research-related provisions affecting government agencies, the Act would require the Department of Health and Human Services to revise HIPAA to provide that the use and disclosure of protected health information would be treated as "health care operations" under the Privacy Rule.
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