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Preferred Name

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Synonyms

Kassebaum Kennedy Act

United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Public Law 104-191

HIPAA

PL 104-191

Definitions

United States legislation enacted in 1996 that aims to provide health data privacy and security.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C62504

ALT_DEFINITION

A 1996 U.S. law that allows workers and their families to keep their health insurance when they change or lose their jobs. The law also includes standards for setting up secure electronic health records and to protect the privacy of a person's health information and to keep it from being misused.

code

C62504

DEFINITION

United States legislation enacted in 1996 that aims to provide health data privacy and security.

FULL_SYN

Kassebaum Kennedy Act

United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Public Law 104-191

HIPAA

PL 104-191

label

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Legacy Concept Name

Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act

Preferred_Name

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C62504

Semantic_Type

Intellectual Product

UMLS_CUI

C0600593

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C62503

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