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Daily Dashboard | State attorneys general implore Congress to refer to HIPAA amid opioid crisis Related reading: A view from Brussels: EDPS sends signal on data transfers 

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The U.S. National Association of Attorneys General has pressed Congress on a change to patient privacy rules to help the fight against opioid use in the U.S., GovInfoSecurity reports. Thirty-nine state attorneys general joined on a NAAG letter to the House and Senate asking for current privacy rules on addiction to be replaced by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The switch to HIPAA rules would allow patient information, including information on addiction treatment, to be shared without the patient's consent, which is not the case under current provisions of the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations. Meanwhile, Glenn Cohen and Michelle Mello explored what partnerships between big tech and the health care industry mean for patient privacy through the scope of a class-action suit against Google and the University of Chicago.
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