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Articles Tagged With: law

  • As OSHA Violence Regulation Stalls, States Move to Protect Healthcare Workers

    After more than a decade of urgent calls for federal labor officials to adopt a standard to prevent violence against healthcare workers, 600 determined nurses came to the massive, dome-capped Texas State Capitol in Austin in February 2023. The bipartisan bill that the TNA and the Texas Hospital Association jointly lobbied for was passed into law effective Sept. 1, 2023. Under the conditions of the legislation, healthcare facilities have until Sept 1, 2024, to enact the key provisions.

  • What Can Members of Patient Access Staff Disclose to Law Enforcement?

    Jeffery Young, CHPA, CPP, president of the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety, says a patient’s protected health information can be disclosed to law enforcement without the individual’s signed Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act authorization in these situations: