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Developing a mobile health app? 

Updated FTC-HHS online tool helps developers understand which federal laws apply

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in conjunction with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have updated the 

Mobile Health App Interactive Tool

. This tool is designed to help developers of health-related mobile apps understand what federal laws and regulations might apply to them. 

The guidance tool asks developers a series of high-level questions about the nature of their app, including about its function, the data it collects, and the services it provides to users. Based on the developer’s answers to those questions, the guidance tool will point the app developer toward detailed information about certain federal laws that might apply to the app. 

These include the FTC Act, the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (FD&C Act), and the 21st Century Cures Act and ONC Information Blocking Regulations.

Developers and others seeking more information about how the HIPAA Rules might apply to their health apps should visit OCR’s 

HIPAA and Health Apps page

,

 which contains information on how HIPAA applies to a range of example health app scenarios and offers key questions to consider in determining when HIPAA’s regulations cover a particular health app. 

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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