As announced in OnCampus yesterday, the Wexner Medical Center Compliance and Integrity office is proposing a new Protected Health Information and HIPAA Policy. Once in effect, “research” will be designated as a non-covered function and fall outside of HIPAA regulations, regardless of the unit employing the researchers. Procedure IV concerns the disclosure of PHI for research purposes. ORRP encourages the research community to review and comment on the proposed policy during the public comment period, which closes January 25, 2021.