Ryan White First Responder Notification

When the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization (RWHATM) Act was passed in 2006, a provision was removed that had previously required hospitals to notify emergency response agencies when a responder, stuck by a needle or exposed to blood or other body fluids, was at risk of contracting an infectious disease. The NVFC is concerned that without a law requiring that this information be provided, many hospitals will refuse to provide it based on the concern that doing so would violate patient confidentiality under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In October 2009, RWHATM was reauthorized including a re-codification of the responder notification provisions that were removed in 2006. Congress chose to modify the language slightly to give the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the authority to waive the requirement in the event of a declared public health emergency.

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