Which of the following court cases held that federal privacy laws like HIPAA may preempt stricter state privacy laws?

A. Griswold v. Connecticut
B. OPIS v. Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
C. Roe v. Wade
D. Board of Education v. Earls
E. Eisenstadt v. Baird


B. OPIS v. Florida Agency for Health Care Administration

OPIS v. Florida AHCA determined that HIPAA preempts state law in certain cases. Under Griswold v.
Connecticut, patients possess certain rights, which affect the delivery of medical services and health care.
Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the United States. In the case Board of Education v. Earls, the U.S.
Supreme Court held that drug testing of student athletes (and others) was not a violation of the Fourth
Amendment. In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the Supreme Court held that it is the right of the individual to decide
whether or not to bear a child under the Fourteenth Amendment (a private decision).

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