Health Care Law
| Access to Medical Records by Law Enforcement Personnel |
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| While individuals have a right to maintain the confidentiality of their medical records, that right is not absolute. One exception to the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act allows law enforcement personnel access to a person's health information, without that person's authorization, in order to perform law enforcement functions such as criminal investigations.
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| Healthcare for the Homeless |
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| To bring relief to America's homeless problem, Congress enacted the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. The Health Care for the Homeless Program (HCH) was established to provide the health care goals of the McKinney Act. The goal of the HCH program is to provide high-quality, accessible health care services to the homeless. More... |
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| Bioterrorism and EMTALA |
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| Many hospitals wonder what obligations the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)imposes on them, with regard to the treatment of patients who have been victimized by biological weapons. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services allow an exception to the EMTALA screening requirement, for hospitals located in communities that have developed bioterrorist emergency response plans. More... |
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| The Hospital Anti-Dumping Law |
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| In 1986, Congress passed the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) or the "anti-dumping law," based on findings that indigent uninsured patients were being transferred from private hospitals to public ones because they could not pay for treatment. Under EMTALA, any hospital that receives Medicare funding is prohibited from transferring a patient who presents at the emergency department until that patient has been medically screened, and, if necessary, treated and stabilized. More... |
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| National School Lunch Program |
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| The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to more than 26 million children each school day. Under the NSLP, schools are required to serve lunches that are consistent with the applicable recommendations of the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans. More... |
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