HHS pauses kid privacy rule over typo'd email: Comments reopened!
Published Date: 2/3/2025
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Summary
The Department of Health and Human Services is delaying a new privacy rule for the Unaccompanied Children Bureau until March 21, 2025, because of some technical hiccups like a wrong email address. They’re reopening the public comment period until March 5, 2025, so everyone gets a fair chance to share their thoughts. This rule affects how child abuse investigation records are handled and won’t cost extra money.
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1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Privacy Act Exemption for UCB Records
HHS published a direct final rule to exempt System No. 09-80-0323 (ORR Unaccompanied Children Bureau Child Abuse or Neglect Investigation Records and Central Registry) from certain Privacy Act requirements under subsection (k)(2). The rule’s effective date is delayed to March 21, 2025 and the public comment period is reopened until March 5, 2025; the Department says the change will not cost extra money.
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