Tribal epidemiology centers designated as public health authorities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

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• Personal Author:
  Hoss, Aila ; Ransom, Montrece M. ; Penn, Matthew S.
• Description:
  Provides an overview of tribal epidemiology centers and the recent amendment to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (permanently reauthorized by the Affordable Care Act), which designated these centers as public health authorities. The issue brief further outlines the impact of this designation under HIPAA.
  
  This document was developed by Aila Hoss, JD, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellow, with the assistance of Montrece Ransom, JD, MPH, Public Health Analyst, and Matthew Penn, JD, MLIS, Director, with the Public Health Law Program (PHLP) within the CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS). This document was produced at the request of the Association of American Indian Physicians, a partner in OSTLTS’s initiative, “Building Capacity of the Public Health System to Improve Population Health through National, Nonprofit Organizations.”
  
  tec-issuebrief.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act Indians, North American Legislation As Topic Public Health Administration
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  5 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c2c1593d997320c096ffa17e69660ea6fb4c6de08c8a0761c2dd606a66d0ac5b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37061/cdc_37061_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 905.70 KB ]