California Health Data Privacy and Security Bills Signed
Last week two new California data privacy and security bills were signed into law. a href=”http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_541_bill_20080930_chaptered.pdf”Senate Bill 541/a and a href=”http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_0201-0250/ab_211_bill_20080930_chaptered.pdf”Assembly Bill 211/a set new breach disclosure standards and require security controls for preventing unauthorized access to patient data.br /br /I previously a href=”http://healthcarebloglaw.blogspot.com/2008/09/california-proposes-new-privacy-breach.html”posted/a about the bills before they were finalized. Computer World, a href=”http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasicamp;articleId=9116503amp;intsrc=hm_list””New health care privacy laws heighten need for HIPAA compliance in California,”/a provides background and a good overview on the scope of the laws with great links to additional information.br /br /Those who do health care business in California should take a close look at these new laws.div class=”feedflare”
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