Report to Congress on Breach Notification Program

Section 13402(i) of the HITECH Act requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“the Secretary”) to prepare and submit to Congress an annual report containing the number and nature of breaches reported to the Secretary, and the actions taken in response to those breaches. Section 13424(2) of the HITECH Act requires the Secretary to make each report available to the public on the HHS website.

The following report was prepared to fulfill these statutory requirements. The report provides an overview of the breach notification requirements, as well as a discussion of the reports the Secretary received as a result of these new requirements of the breaches that occurred in calendar years 2009 and 2010.

Submission Letters for Report to Congress on the Breach Notification Program

Report to Congress on the Breach Notification Program