Consent & Confidentiality Protections
The Center’s consent and confidentiality work focuses on state minor consent laws and the confidentiality provisions they contain, the federal medical privacy regulations known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule, other state and federal confidentiality protections, and the policies governing adolescents’ participation in health research studies. The Center devotes particular attention to attempts to repeal, limit, or undermine these laws, which are critically important in maintaining adolescents’ access to essential health care.
View a list of CAHL publications concerning consent and confidentiality protections.