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HHS Issues Updated Model Notices of Privacy Practices and Announces Part 2 Enforcement Program


HHS has updated its model Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) materials to help covered entities and business associates comply with the Part 2 related NPP requirements that became enforceable on February 16, 2026.

The materials include a model HIPAA health plan NPP, model HIPAA provider NPP, and a Model Part 2 Patient Notice that federally assisted Part 2 programs can use to satisfy the Part 2 patient-notice obligation (and that Part 2 programs that are also HIPAA covered entities or business associates may combine with a HIPAA NPP).

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