Trump Administration To Relax Privacy Rules For Patients With History Of Addiction (Jessie’s Law)

August 22nd, the Trump administration revealed a proposal to change the privacy requirements for individuals with a history of addiction. The change would allow hospitals to enter addiction treatment information and history into their medical record as a standard of patient history. In an article on STAT by LEV FACHER. He references an interview where “Jessie’s Law,” alluded to. Jessie’s law is a bill named for Jessica Grubb, a Michigan woman who was prescribed oxycodone following a knee surgery despite having notified doctors of her addiction history. Grubb died of an overdose the night she was discharged from the hospital.…

Privacy Rules

August 22nd, the Trump administration revealed a proposal to change the privacy requirements for individuals with a history of addiction. The change would allow hospitals to enter addiction treatment information and history into their medical record as a standard of patient history. In an article on STAT by LEV FACHER. He references an interview where “Jessie’s Law,” alluded to. Jessie’s law is a bill named for Jessica Grubb, a Michigan woman who was prescribed oxycodone following a knee surgery despite having notified doctors of her addiction history. Grubb died of an overdose the night she was discharged from the hospital.

Read the full article here: https://www.statnews.com/2019/08/22/trump-privacy-rules-addiction-treatment/

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