Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records

We are concerned about the push to align 42 CFR Part 2 with the permissive federal HIPAA data-sharing rule.  Today, patients protected under 42 CFR Part 2 have the protections that every man, woman and child should have today in America. It is only because of the federal HIPAA “privacy” rule that Americans no longer enjoy the privacy and consent rights they used to have unless they live in a state with a strong (real) patient privacy law, such as the Minnesota Health Records Act. This proposal is moving away from privacy, not toward privacy. This is the wrong direction...

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