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Descriptor English: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Descriptor Spanish: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Descriptor Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Entry term(s) HIPAA
Ley Kassebaum Kennedy
Ley Kennedy Kassebaum
PL 104-191
United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
ley de portabilidad y responsabilidad del seguro de salud
ley federal 104-191 (EE. UU.)
Scope note: Ley federal (Public Law)104-91, de 1996, diseñada para mejorar la eficiencia y eficacia del sistema público de atención a la salud y proteger la cobertura sanitaria de los trabajadores y sus familias y el derecho a la confidencialidad de la salud personal individual.
Descriptor Portuguese: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Descriptor French: Loi sur la portabilité et l'imputabilité des régimes de santé aux États-Unis
Entry term(s): HIPAA
Kassebaum Kennedy Act
Kennedy Kassebaum Act
PL 104-191
PL104 191
PL104-191
Public Law 104 191
Public Law 104-191
United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Tree number(s): N03.219.521.576.343.349
N03.706.615.273
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020408
Scope note: Public Law 104-91 enacted in 1996, was designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system, protect health insurance coverage for workers and their families, and to protect individual personal health information.
Annotation: add UNITED STATES; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
DeCS ID: 33931
Unique ID: D020408
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2015/06/05
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Preferred
Concept UI M0030058
Scope note Public Law 104-91 enacted in 1996, was designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system, protect health insurance coverage for workers and their families, and to protect individual personal health information.
Preferred term Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Entry term(s) HIPAA
Kassebaum Kennedy Act
Kennedy Kassebaum Act
PL 104-191
PL104 191
PL104-191
Public Law 104 191
Public Law 104-191
United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act



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