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May 18, 2016: passage by the first Wynne government of the Health Information Protection Act 2016, S.O. 2016, c. 6 - Bill 119, to amend the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, to make related amendments, to introduce the idea of an "ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD", to repeal and replace the Quality of Care Information Protection Act ...
The Personal Health Information Protection Act serves three important functions: To govern the collection, use, and disclosure of personal health information by health information custodians. To provide patients with a right to request access to and correction of their records of personal health information held by health information custodians.
After years of advocacy, a Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) was enacted in 2004. This health privacy law applied to all individuals and organizations involved in the delivery of health care services – both public and private sectors – to ensure the protection of personal health information of patients.
Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, S.O. 2004, c. 3, Schedule A, Health Information Custodians in the Province of Ontario Exemption Order, SOR/2005-399:
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On November 1, 2004, Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) took effect granting the province of Ontario its first health information privacy legislation governing the collection, use and disclosure of personal health information. Cavoukian had been an advocate of this legislation since the office of the IPC was first formed in 1987.
Since 2005, CIHI has maintained prescribed entity status under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA). [24] Prescribed entity status gives an organization access to personal health data from government health information custodians, without patient consent. [25] [26]
The Social Security Fairness Act, one of the most bipartisan bills in Congress this session, aims to repeal WEP and GPO. The House voted to pass the legislation Nov. 12, and the Senate approved it ...