Act HIPAA When you are out and about at a health care facility‚ such as a hospital‚ what would you do if you saw a very close family friend in a patient care room? Would you instantly run in that room and say hello? Or possibly hurry up and make a phone call to a relative or another friend to ask if that person is okay? All of these questions are very common questions when it comes to the HIPAA law having great effect. The HIPAA (Health Insurance Probability and Accountable Act) law was first
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Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The first pro about the HIPAA law is that it protects yours or a patient’s security and privacy rights. Every patient must read and sign that hit the consent form which will allow the patient’s medical records to be released. The patient will also have access and complete control over their medical records. The second pro in the HIPAA law is that it allows Health Care providers to check the patient’s eligibility
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The Argument For and Against Gun Laws There are many issues in the media related to gun control laws. With the large number of shootings that have taken place this year and the recent shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that claimed the lives of 20 children and 6 adults many people say that we need tougher laws when it comes to purchasing a gun. Gun laws are different from state to state‚ but immediately following the devastating school shooting in Newton‚ Conn. there is a great division
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When first presented with emergency powers‚ my mind goes straight to a martial law type of event. It’s hard to imagine a situation dire enough that would constitute emergency powers being evoked on an entire population in that manner‚ but I suppose anything is possible in this day and age. Of course anytime we are talking of robbing people of their life‚ liberty‚ or property‚ you can be certain it will be challenged in the supreme courts. In fact; throughout our history we have seen this exact
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In terms of the legal ban of Sharia law. I think I’m leaning towards supporting the ban because the bill mentions that it should only be excluded from the legal courtroom setting as should not be used in forming legislative decisions. The bill does not infringe on being practicing from in the private sector and Muslims still have the opportunity to practice their beliefs in accordance to Sharia‚ it just can not be used in a court of law. Also I believe the ban may be more justified because it makes
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Children the age of 18 or who in which attend a post secondary school are considered adults and their parents are not promised to be consulted of the actions and well being of their children. Children too young to understand real life matters are given the responsibility to fend for themselves and face the fact that the university they are attending cannot contact their parents to concern them of lack of participation in their academic studies‚ nor their mental health related issues. This action
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Gun Laws and Violence I picked the topic Gun Laws because I thought it would be an interesting thing to learn and research about. Throughout my research about Gun Laws I found a few good resources but the others weren’t that great. The best resource I found was an article about how if a person in Virginia admits themselves to a mental health institution‚ there right to own a weapon is taken away immediately. Then they go on to add that after the person recovers‚ the patient is trying to get the weapon
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nearly one thousand (pbs.org). Many other consumers became afflicted with blindness (a reason speakeasies were called blind pigs and blind tigers)‚ sickness‚ and paralysis (alcoholsolutionsandproblems.org). Some people who followed to Prohibition laws turned to other things‚ especially drugs. This led to more addicts and a rising demand for these substances. Many people who had formerly just had a beer or two now went to saloons to get drunk‚ because they never knew when their next drink would
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be illegal. As governments establish laws dictating the legal status of abortion‚ the issue is not simply whether or not abortion is right but rather whether or not law can govern such a matter as abortion. St. Thomas Aquinas writes in Question 96 Articles 2 and 3 of his Treatise on Law that human law is limited by its end‚ its authority‚ and its subjects. Law‚ in general‚ must be ordered to the common
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A HIPAA violation is extremely serious violation. The failure to comply with HIPAA can result in civil and criminal penalties. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has a choice in determining the amount of the penalty based on the nature and extent of the violation and the nature and extent of the harm done from the violation. The HHS is still forbidden from imposing civil penalties‚ except in cases of willful neglect. In the case of criminal penalties‚ in June 2005
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