# Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Protecting Care Access
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2024-12-17 · Effective 2024-12-17 · 89 FR 102512
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-29683
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 102512
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 171
- **Publication date:** 2024-12-17
- **Effective date:** 2024-12-17
## Abstract

This final rule has finalized certain proposals from the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability Proposed Rule (HTI-2 Proposed Rule) and in doing so supports the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. Specifically, this final rule amends the information blocking regulations to revise two existing information blocking exceptions and establish an additional reasonable and necessary activity that does not constitute information blocking referred to as the Protecting Care Access Exception.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/17/2024-29683/health-data-technology-and-interoperability-protecting-care-access)
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