HIPAA Gets New Privacy Rules

摘要

There's one famous quote that can certainly apply to Congress: "Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made" (Otto von Bismarck).rnThe high school civics version of how a bill becomes law is less the rule than the exception. In that version, the bill is introduced in one chamber, voted on, then sent to the other chamber, voted on again, and any differences worked out in conference. Then there are the final votes, and finally, it's off to the president. Congress will often merge a variety of individual bills or proposals into a single large-scale proposal. It happened in 2000 when the Children's Internet Protection Act was passed as part of a wide-ranging spending bill.