Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

**Definition:** 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.

**Tree numbers:** - N03.219.521.576.343.349 - N03.706.615.273

**Synonyms:** - HIPAA - Kassebaum Kennedy Act - Kennedy Kassebaum Act - PL 104-191 - PL104-191 - Public Law 104-191 - United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act