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Tobacco 21 advocates say Floridaâs bills fall short
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Florida s T21 bills would flout federal law, anti-smoking group says.
An organization leading the charge to modernize tobacco laws nationwide says Floridaâs proposed legislation to raise the legal sales age is confusing, soft on retailers and hard on youth.
Additionally, companion bills
HB 987 preempt local lawmakers from passing protections that are stricter than state law, leaving kids vulnerable to tobacco and nicotine addiction while protecting the industry that caused the youth vaping epidemic.
With the preemption language, the bills also may prevent the state from being able to follow CDC best practices, which was mandated by Amendment 4 in 2007.
State reports 122 new cases in Norman since last week normantranscript.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from normantranscript.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Norman Regional Porter Campus. (Kyle Phillips / The Transcript)
In its weekly update Wednesday, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported nearly 600 new COVID-19 cases in Cleveland County over the past week, including 263 new cases in Norman.
The city of Norman has reported 263 new cases since last Wednesday, bringing the cityâs cumulative case count to 14,095.
This new case count is significantly higher than the previous weekâs, which showed only 110 new COVID cases in Norman over a week. The health department now updates its local COVID-19 dashboard and its statewide risk assessment map once a week.
The city also reported one additional COVID-related death in Norman over the past week, bringing the cityâs death toll to 180 people.
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On December 10, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposed changes to the regulations implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The proposed changes, which are set out in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), are a part of the broader initiative to promote value-based care, enable better coordination among healthcare providers, and facilitate patient autonomy and engagement. This article discusses some of the proposed changes and recent updates contained in the NPRM.
Increased Access to Individuals’ Protected Health Information (PHI)
One of the primary goals of the NPRM is to increase patients’ access to their protected health information (PHI) and enhance individuals’ engagement in their healthcare decisions. Accordingly, there are several proposed changes within the NPRM that are designed to facilitate thi