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California Codes" Civil Code; Section 56.35-56.37  View these statutes by clicking on "Civil Code" at http://leginfo.public.ca.gov/calaw/html.  Enter "56" in the search box.  Search results should include "Section 56.35-56.37".  (If not, do the search again with a display of more than 20 results.)  This legislation describes potential damages and penalities for a patient whose medical information hs been used or disclosed in violation of Section 56.xx.

California Office of HIPAA Implementation (CalOHI)  http://www.ohi.ca.gov/  Compliance steps, penalties, and related links from the state agency authorized by SB 456 to implement the federally mandated HIPAA in California.

CalOHI provides a brief table of federal civil and criminal penalties for violation fo the administrative simplification portion of HIPAA, as identified in the statute, at: 

http://www.ohi.ca.gov/calohi/docs/hipaa_penalities.doc (PDF, 22.5 Kb)

Health Privacy Project  http://www.healthprivacy.org/homepage2307/index.htm  Federal, state and consumer resources by a non-profit advocate of greater awareness for the protection of private health information.

myPHR: Personal Health Record
http://www.myphr.com
This website provides consumer information about health records, covering the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), health care record privacy rights, obtaining health records, and instructions for creating a personal health record. From the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), a professional organization of health information management professionals.  [courtesy of LII]

National Heritage Insurance Company  http://www.medicarenhic.com/hipaa/index.shtml  News about HIPAA and links to more resources from NHIC, the Medicare Part B contractor for California, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

U.S. Office for Civil Rights - HIPAA  http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/

Regulations, compliance, and related links from the federal agency responsible for enforcement of HIPAA.

A summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule is available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacysummary.pdf (PDF, 25 pages)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

http://healthprivacy.answers.hhs.gov/

This is the Health Information Privacy/HIPAA Health Information Privacy and Civil Rights Questions and Answers page.  From the pull-down menu "Category", select "Privacy of Health Information/HIPAA" to reveal 240+ commonly asked questions about compliance with the law.