During the 1980s, medical situations continually arose that caused patients to question their insurance policies and the privacy of their healthcare. Congress has worked to create a bill containing strict rules regarding insurance policies and availability for those who want to keep their insurance if they want to change jobs. These rules were soon applied to all medical facilities and faculty and titled the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.” HIPAA policies resulted in changes in professionalism, medical standards, taxation, and enforcement. Throughout history, maintaining patient privacy has always been an issue in the medical field. Patients have the right to privacy and information they do not wish to disclose should be kept private. Since this was an excessively occurring problem, congress felt that a law should be made to address this problem. On August 21, 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed by Congress and President Bill Clinton. History of HIPAAHIPAA Titles: PurposeThere are 5 titles that serve the purpose of the HIPAA law. The first title is What it does Let the definition of privacy be Privacy is an individual's right to prevent his or her personal health information from being disclosed. During the 1980s, medical situations continually arose that caused patients to question their insurance policies as well as the privacy of their healthcare. Congress has worked to create a bill containing strict rules regarding insurance policies and availability for those who want to keep their insurance if they want to change jobs. These rules were soon applied to all medical facilities and faculty and titled “Health Insurance…Mid-Paper…with an Annual Maximum of $1.5 Million.” For a more serious violation, such as a HIPAA violation due to willful and uncorrected negligence, the minimum fine is $50,000 per violation, with an annual maximum of $1.5 million. In other words, there are civil penalties of $100 per violation, but if there are more violations than a single individual then the penalties can be “cumulative.” Maximum civil penalties are $25,000 per year, per person, per standard. If two standards were violated against one person, potential fines could be up to $50,000. Criminal sanctions (up to a $250,000 fine and ten years in prison) may be imposed for "knowingly and improperly" disclosing information or obtaining information under "false pretenses," with higher penalties reserved for violations designed for financial gain or " malicious damage".".