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Owen Scott Muir · Said 22 Sep 2022 · owen-0177

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“So any state can pass any law in the absence of a federal right to privacy in which they now have a government interest in law-enforcement of. And if there is no limit on the laws they can pass that invade our privacy, literally any law passed can allow the government to access our health information.”
· How HIPAA Was Transformed From “The Secret Service” to “The TSA” For Your Privacy · substack post

After listing HIPAA's 12 national-priority disclosure purposes, the author argues that after the overturn of Roe v. Wade, with no federal privacy right, states can pass laws that let government reach protected health information through HIPAA's law-enforcement exceptions (Texas and abortion-banning states given as examples; 'If you're an enemy of the state and you're being investigated, there's no reason they can't review your therapist documentation').

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