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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On May 6, 2021, the comment period for the proposed modification to regulations implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“ HIPAA”) Privacy Rule and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (“ HITECH”) closed.  The Office for Civil Rights (“ OCR”) at the Department of Health and Human Services (“ HHS”) issued its initial request for information in D...

A bill that would outlaw abortion on the basis of race or Down syndrome advanced in North Carolina on Tuesday,

The Pueblo Chieftain Many rural Coloradans still cringe at the mention of EAGLE-Net – a broadband initiative launched a decade ago to bring fiber broadband networks to schools and libraries in unconnected rural areas of our state. Instead, the program started its buildout in Denver, promising to eventually “spiderweb out” into unserved areas – but the money ran out long before the spider’s silk reached our roads. Schools in Denver’s wealthy Cherry Creek district were among the first...

The Pueblo Chieftain Let me be clear. I stand in strong support of the Pueblo community and the bright future that I believe you are on track for. It is highly unlikely, however, that attempting to burn coal at Pueblo Unit 3 (a.k.a. “Comanche 3”) for another 19 years will be a successful strategy. In short, the US coal industry is in structural decline and Xcel or anyone else who suggests that coal will just “fall out of the sky” until 2040 is not paying attention. Knowledge is power. F...

CSU Pueblo Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusions Victoria Obregon writes the new bill is needed to help those facing barriers due to immigrant status.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 21, 2020, the far-reaching HIPAA Privacy Proposed Rule, initially released on December 10, 2020, was published in the Federal Register. 1 Despite speculation that the publication timeline would be altered when the Biden administration came into power, the Proposed Rule has not been withdrawn and the initial comment deadline remains in effect as we move into March. In the absence of a change in course by the current administ...

Democratic leaders in the N.C. House introduced the Remove Barriers and Gain Access to Abortion Act, or the RBG Act, on Monday that would eliminate many restrictions preventing women in the state from getting an abortion. If passed, the bill will also allow advanced practice clinicians and other medically trained professionals to perform the procedure, increasing the number of providers in the state who are not physicians, according to Rep. Julie Von Haefen, a Democrat who represents Wake...

The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association is proud to report Senate Concurrent Resolution 604, “A Resolution to Support Trade Negotiations to Remove Barriers to Country of Origin Labeling” has unanimously passed both chambers of the 96th…

Special to Devils Lake Devils Lake– Western Governors University (WGU) has announced a new initiative aimed at removing financial barriers that might otherwise keep adults from moving forward with their education and career advancement plans. The fully online, nonprofit university’s Equitable Access Initiative will specifically address job and income loss, internet access issues, health concerns, changes in childcare and schooling, and overall uncertainty resulting from the COVID-...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 21, 2020, the far-reaching HIPAA Privacy Proposed Rule, initially released on December 10, 2020, was published in the Federal Register. 1 Despite speculation that the publication timeline would be altered when the Biden administration came into power, the Proposed Rule has not been withdrawn and the initial comment deadline remains in effect as we move into March. In the absence of a change in course by the current administ...