Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Overview
This Notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. This Notice applies to the Florida Department of Children and Families, their Business Associates and Subcontractors.
What is Protected Health Information (PHI)?
Protected Health Information (PHI) is information that would enable a person reading or hearing it to identify you individually, referred to as “individually identifiable health information”, that relates to:
- Your past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition.
- The provision of health care to you.
- The past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care or services to you.
- Your genetic information.
Our Responsibilities, Changes, and Contact Information
Our Responsibilities
- We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information (PHI).
- We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your PHI.
- We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this Notice and give you a copy of it.
- We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us we can in writing. If you tell us we can, you may change your mind at any time. Let us know in writing if you change your mind.
- For more information, visit the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices on HHS.gov
Changes to the Terms of this Notice
We can change the terms of this Notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new Notice will be available upon request, in our office, and on our website at www.myflfamilies.com/hipaa.
Effective: September 22, 2013
This Notice of Privacy Practices applies to the following organizations:
The Florida Department of Children and Families, their Business Associates and Subcontractors.
If you feel your privacy rights have been violated, or you disagree with a decision we made about your protected health information (PHI), you may file a complaint with the Secretary of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and/or the Florida Department of Children and Families by contacting either agency at the addresses below. No retaliatory actions will be taken against you for filing a complaint.
Contact Information
- The Florida Department of Children and Families, Office of Civil Rights
HIPAA Privacy Officer
2415 North Monroe Street
Suite 400
Tallahassee, FL 32303-4190
Phone: (850) 487-1901
FAX: (850) 921-8470
Additional Information
- U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, Suite 16T70
61 Forsyth Street Southwest
Atlanta, GA 30303-8909
Voice Phone: (404) 562-7453
FAX: (404) 562-7881
TDD: (404) 562-7884
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