American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009/Division A/Title XIII
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TITLE XIII — HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY[edit]
Sec. 13001. Short Title; Table of Contents of Title.[edit]
- (a) Short Title.—
- This title (and Title IV of Division B) may be cited as the ``Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act´´ or the ``HITECH Act´´.
- (b) Table of Contents of Title.—
- The table of contents of this title is as follows:
- Subtitle A—Promotion of Health Information Technology
- Part 1—Improving Health Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
- Sec. 13101. ONCHIT; standards development and adoption.
- Sec. 13102. Technical amendment.
- Part 1—Improving Health Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
- Subtitle A—Promotion of Health Information Technology
- Part 2—Application and Use of Adopted Health Information Technology Standards; Reports
- Sec. 13111. Coordination of Federal activities with adopted standards and implementation specifications.
- Sec. 13112. Application to private entities.
- Sec. 13113. Study and reports.
- Part 2—Application and Use of Adopted Health Information Technology Standards; Reports
- Subtitle B—Testing of Health Information Technology
- Sec. 13201. National Institute for Standards and Technology testing.
- Sec. 13202. Research and development programs.
- Subtitle B—Testing of Health Information Technology
- Subtitle C—Grants and Loans Funding
- Sec. 13301. Grant, loan, and demonstration programs.
- Subtitle C—Grants and Loans Funding
- Subtitle D—Privacy
- Sec. 13400. Definitions.
- Part 1—Improved Privacy Provisions and Security Provisions
- Sec. 13401. Application of security provisions and penalties to business associates of covered entities; annual guidance on security provisions.
- Sec. 13402. Notification in the case of breach.
- Sec. 13403. Education on health information privacy.
- Sec. 13404. Application of privacy provisions and penalties to business associates of covered entities.
- Sec. 13405. Restrictions on certain disclosures and sales of health information; accounting of certain protected health information disclosures; access to certain information in electronic format.
- Sec. 13406. Conditions on certain contacts as part of health care operations.
- Sec. 13407. Temporary breach notification requirement for vendors of personal health records and other non-HIPAA covered entities.
- Sec. 13408. Business associate contracts required for certain entities.
- Sec. 13409. Clarification of application of wrongful disclosures criminal penalties.
- Sec. 13410. Improved enforcement.
- Sec. 13411. Audits.
- Subtitle D—Privacy
- Part 2—Relationship to Other Laws; Regulatory References; Effective Date; Reports
- Sec. 13421. Relationship to other laws.
- Sec. 13422. Regulatory references.
- Sec. 13423. Effective date.
- Sec. 13424. Studies, reports, guidance.
- Part 2—Relationship to Other Laws; Regulatory References; Effective Date; Reports