What is HIPAAs relationship to other law governing confidentiality and State Laws?
• If State laws give patients confidentiality protections that exceed HIPAA, the law that gives greater protection will apply (AIDS/HIV State Law is more stringent than HIPAA). • If State laws give residents broader access to their own health information than does HIPAA, the broader access will apply (i.e., HIPAA allows providers not to give residents access to some of their own health records under some circumstances, but OBRA gives resident access to all of their clinical records).
