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Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act And Electronic Privacy And Security Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Electronic Privacy and Security With the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Procurement Act (HIPAA) in 1996, many issues surrounding the electronic privacy and security of protected health information have come under scrutiny. HIPAA law covers health information privacy and security, in addition to health insurance portability. “The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-191), often referred to as “HIPAA” or the “Kennedy/Kassebaum” law after its lead cosponsors, Senators Nancy Landon Kassebaum and Edward Kennedy, was passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton in August, 1996.” (Michael & Pritchett, 2001, p.524) HIPAA regulates various aspects of healthcare and health information, ensures reasonable efforts to ensure patient confidentiality, and guards against improper disclosure of information. HIPAA affects the entire healthcare profession, including health plans, physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers. The Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability section of the HIPAA law protects millions of American families concerning access to and changes with health insurance. “In short, HIPAA may lower your chance of losing existing coverage, ease your ability to switch health plans, and/ or obtain coverage on your own if you lose your employer’s plan and have no other coverage available.” health, information, hipaa, electronic, security, privacy, healthcare, care, technology, services, portability, issues, provider, insurance, industry, signature, rules, providers, plans, law, human, coverage, confidentiality, concerning, being, act, 2002, 1996, under, standards, standardization, standard, secure, protected, process, procedures