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21st Century Cures Act / Information Blocking Rule — Regulatory Reference

Prohibits restricting access to electronic health information — policy enforcement and access logging document authorized vs. blocked access.

Key Provisions
  • 45 CFR Part 171 — information blocking regulations
  • 8 exceptions — Privacy, Security, Infeasibility, Health IT Performance, Content and Manner, Fees, Licensing, Preventing Harm
  • Disincentives finalized in 2024 — Medicare program impact for actors found to engage in information blocking
How AutoPIL Enforces It
  • Audit chain documents which AI-driven retrievals were ALLOWED vs. DENIED and why — provides the contemporaneous record needed to invoke an exception
  • Pre-retrieval enforcement applies the Privacy and Security exceptions automatically and consistently
  • Agent registry distinguishes authorized vs. unauthorized AI access attempts
Policy EngineAudit LogSensitivity LabelsAgent Registry
AutoPIL Policy IDs
HC-CURES-INFB-001Information Blocking Exception Evidence
HC-CURES-PRIV-001Privacy Exception Pre-Retrieval Logic
Official Sources
https://www.healthit.gov/topic/information-blockinghttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-D/part-171

This page is a working reference and not a substitute for qualified legal review. Verify against official sources before use in compliance artifacts.

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