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On December 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Standards for the Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164, Subpart E (the Privacy Rule). In response to its December 2018 Request for Information (RFI) for public input on areas of potential modification to the HIPAA Rules, OCR received over 1,300 comments addressing, among other topics: modifications to promote information sharing to support value-based care; permitting family members and caregivers to receive information to assist in care coordination, particularly for individuals with substance use disorders and mental illness; and reducing the burden on covered entities imposed by certain documentation and administrative requirements.