---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch156/schIII/ptA"
level: "part"
label: "Part A"
heading: "Improved Privacy Provisions and Security Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch156-schIII-ptA"
sections_count: 11
---

# Part A — Improved Privacy Provisions and Security Provisions

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 156 — Health Information Technology › Subchapter III — Privacy

## Sections

- [§17931. Application of security provisions and penalties to business associates of covered entities; annual guidance on security provisions](/usc/42/17931.md)
- [§17932. Notification in the case of breach](/usc/42/17932.md)
- [§17933. Education on health information privacy](/usc/42/17933.md)
- [§17934. Application of privacy provisions and penalties to business associates of covered entities](/usc/42/17934.md)
- [§17935. Restrictions on certain disclosures and sales of health information; accounting of certain protected health information disclosures; access to certain information in electronic format](/usc/42/17935.md)
- [§17936. Conditions on certain contacts as part of health care operations](/usc/42/17936.md)
- [§17937. Temporary breach notification requirement for vendors of personal health records and other non-HIPAA covered entities](/usc/42/17937.md)
- [§17938. Business associate contracts required for certain entities](/usc/42/17938.md)
- [§17939. Improved enforcement](/usc/42/17939.md)
- [§17940. Audits](/usc/42/17940.md)
- [§17941. Recognition of security practices](/usc/42/17941.md)