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Other commenters recommended maintaining the 60 - day special enrollment period.

However, many other commenters recommended that the rule permit disclosure only of information «reasonably necessary» to respond to a subpoena.

Other commenters recommended that the final rule explicitly prohibit law enforcement officials from gaining access to research records.

Comment: Other commenters recommended that certain entities be included within the definition of «business partner,» such as transcription services; employee representatives; in vitro diagnostic manufacturers; private state and comparative health data organizations; state hospital associations; warehouses; «whistleblowers,» credit card companies that deal with health billing; and patients.

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In recommending that the annual earnings rate threshold be strengthened, some commenters noted that allowing a passing threshold of up to 8 percent for student loan debt alone already fails to account for a student's other debts, but allowing up to 12 percent before a program is failing the D / E rates measure is without a sound rationale and should be eliminated from the regulations after a phase - in period.

Some of these commenters recommended adding this requirement to provisions proposed in the NPRM, while others recommended establishing this requirement as part of a new requirement for a judicial warrant prior to all disclosures of protected health information to law enforcement.

Two other commenters also recommended clarifying in the final rule that pharmacy benefit cards are not considered a type of «other payment card» pursuant to the rule's provisions governing payment processes.

Comment: One commenter recommended that when information from health records is provided to authorized external users, this information should be accompanied by a statement prohibiting use of the information for other than the stated purpose; prohibiting disclosure by the recipient to any other party without written authorization from the patient, or the patient's legal representative, unless such information is urgently needed for the patient's continuing care or otherwise required by law; and requiring destruction of the information after the stated need has been fulfilled.

Comments: Several commenters recommended expanding the definition of public health authority to encompass other governmental entities that may collect and hold health data as part of their official duties.

Another commenter expressed concern that the privacy rule could influence IRBs or privacy boards to refuse to recognize the validity of decisions by other IRBs or privacy boards and specifically recommended that the privacy rule include a preamble statement that: (1) The «risk» balancing consider only the risk to the patient, not the risk to the institution, and (2) add a phrase that the decision by the initial IRB or privacy board to approve the research shall be given deference by other IRBs or privacy boards.

Some commenters recommended that the final rule permit the documentation of IRB or privacy board approval to be signed by persons other than the IRB or privacy board chair, including: (1) Any person authorized to exercise executive authority under IRB's or privacy board's written procedures; (2) the IRB's or privacy board's acting chair or vice chair in the absence of the chair, if permitted by IRB procedures; and (3) the covered entity's privacy official.

Comment: One commenter recommended stating in the final rule that de-identified information from government health data systems can be disclosed to other entities.

Also, commenters recommended that the definition include other activities associated with the transplantation of organs, such as processing, screening, and distribution.

One commenter opposed the effective dates for special enrollment periods under § 155.725 (j) and recommended allowing States flexibility to prescribe their own effective dates for initial, annual, and special enrollment periods, because there may be other implications to the effectuation of coverage for employees and dependents with a special enrollment period.

A few commenters recommended that HHS continue to focus on eliminating and further streamlining special enrollment periods so that special enrollment periods on the Exchange more closely align with those in other coverage programs, such as Medicare or those found in HIPAA and related regulations.

Other such commenters recommended clarifying that if a creditor provides a specific credit against a charge that is included in the finance charge, the credit should reduce the total finance charge; whereas if a creditor provides a general credit that the consumer can use to pay closing costs, whether or not those closing costs are included in the finance charge, the credit should lower the finance charge.