Nebraska Health Privacy Rights

Access: Nebraska regulations mandate that hospitals allow patients to inspect their records within 10 days of request and receive copies within 30 days. So Nebraskans effectively had a right to inspect faster than federal law historically.

Accounting of Disclosures: Nebraska law (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8403) provides patients the right to an accounting of disclosures of their medical records made by a provider in the last 6 years, very similar to HIPAA – not an enhancement, but it codifies the right at state level (few states do that).

General: Otherwise, NE's Patient Record Act mirrors HIPAA (consent needed for non-authorized disclosures, etc.). Nebraska has an HIE (NeHII now CyncHealth) which patients can opt out of, thus Nebraskans can stop providers from sharing through the HIE if they object.