The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a webinar recording on the new finalized modifications to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records regulations at 42 CFR Part 2 (“Part 2”), which protect the privacy of patients’ SUD treatment records. The new Part 2 Final Rule increases coordination among providers treating patients for SUDs, strengthens patient confidentiality protections through civil enforcement, and enhances integration of behavioral health information with other medical records to improve patient health outcomes. The Part 2 webinar may be found on OCR’s YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ZZgCXpT4k and OCR’s website at www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/special-topics/hipaa-part-2/index.html.
