Medical Informatics Laws and Legislation
Health Insurance Portablility & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). While this law is wide ranging, from health insurance coverage, to Medicare and Medicaid, the area of privacy of identifiable health information is important. See USA.gov for a search engine to federal and state sites which also provide information important to informatics.
HIPAA's new rules are available through the AMIA's website Resource Center for Public Policy and Legislation.
Legislation on electronic health records (EHRs), personal health records (PHRs), and ICD-10 coding is pending or in discussion.