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Bush Administration to Revise Medical Privacy Regulations

The Bush Administration has decided to revise medical privacy regulations issued in the last weeks of the Clinton Administration. The regulations would have given patients a number of rights, including notice, consent, access, redress, and enforcement.

White House Plans to Revise New Medical Privacy Rules, New York Times, April 8, 2001 (registration required).