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AMA delegates vote to align 42 CFR Part 2 with HIPAA
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32399
Subject(s) - health insurance portability and accountability act , confidentiality , voting , accountability , political science , business , house of representatives , democracy , internet privacy , law , computer science , politics , legislature
Last week, the House of Delegates at the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to make the confidentiality regulation, 42 CFR Part 2, which gives substance use disorder (SUD) patients authority over who sees their records, like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This is now policy of the AMA, in what is considered a part of the “democratic process” of voting. It's also a reversal of the AMA's decision last fall, when the organization sent a letter to Congress opposing just such an action, saying it would deter patients from seeking treatment.