How the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) and other Privacy Laws Affect Public Transportation Operations. Legal Research Digest 46. Transit Cooperative Research Program.

摘要

This research project examines privacy legal issues in public transportation and para-transit services arising from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other privacy laws. Public transportation agencies, including para-transit services, maintain some medical information about their clients. These include application materials filed by clients or their health professionals during the eligibility process; records created during the review of these applications; and databases, updated as service is provided, which record customers destinations, including clinics, hospitals, doctors offices, and dialysis centers.