HIPAA: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) has specific guidelines for maintaining the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information, and as stated in your question, your husband would need to give his approval for you to know his health information. Ask your husband about his medical issues and what he takes it for, and hopefully he will tell U.
Answered 1/4/2018
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