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Maine: Cybersecurity Requirements for Licensed Hospitals

Effective January 1, 2027, HP 1418 requires licensed hospitals to adopt a cybersecurity plan. The plan must address notification of cybersecurity intrusion, backup communication response, manual records chart integration into electronic systems, managing disruptions to computer systems, a written security incident response plan, training, annual plan testing, procedures for testing and revising the plan, restoring communications with the statewide health information exchange, security incident response review, and post-incident review. They must also adopt annual safety and security plans.

 

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