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HIPAA Security Rule Delegated by Secretary to OCR

(August 4, 2009) - The Director of OCR has been delegated the authority to administer and enforce the HIPAA Security Rule by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, announced OCR. With this action of Secretary Sebelius, HHS’ ability to protect individuals’ health information by combining the authority for administration and enforcement of the Federal standards for health information privacy and security called for in the HIPAA will be improved.

It is expected that the transition of authority for the administration and enforcement of the Security Rule will be flawless with no interruption in the management or processing of any complaints filed prior to the transition. Consumers may continue to submit HIPAA security complaints using the on-line resource – the Administrative Simplification Enforcement Tool (ASET), found at https:htct.hhs.gov/aset. New security complaints may also be sent to the Office for Civil Rights.

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