HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act has been signed into law as part of the Recovery Act, making changes to to privacy and security rules of HIPAA which are effective immediately. New Breach Notification Rule for HIPAA applies to vendors of personal health records and third party service providers.

Definition of Breach:

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Missouri is the latest state to join the other 44 in the nation with its passing of a data breach notification law. House Bill 62 will be effective as of August 28th, 2009. The regulation requires anyone (person or business) who handles sensitive personal information to provide notification if there is unauthorized access (security breach) to the system where the personal data resides.