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From: OCR HIPAA
Privacy Rule information distribution [mailto:OCR-PRIVACY-LIST@...] On Behalf Of OS OCR PrivacyList, OCR
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Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 4:09
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To: OCR-PRIVACY-LIST@...
Subject: OCR Privacy Rule
Emergency Preparedness Tool
Dear
Privacy Listserv Subscriber:
We want
to make you aware of the publication this week on the OCR website of a new
interactive decision tool to provide guidance to emergency preparedness and
recovery planners on access to and disclosure of protected health information
regarding persons with disabilities permitted by the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
The question of what disclosures are permitted for emergency response planning
has surfaced in numerous disaster planning forums and documents, leading OCR to
develop this tool, working with the Office on Disabilities. The tool has
been showcased this week at a joint HHS/Department of Homeland Security
“Working Conference on Emergency Management and Individuals with
Disabilities and the Elderly.” While the impetus for the tool originated
with the specific need of emergency planning for persons with disabilities, the
tool is applicable to all emergency planning efforts. The intended
audiences for using this decision tool are covered entities and emergency
preparedness and recovery planners at the local, state, and federal
level.
You can
readily access this new decision tool from the “What’s New”
column on the OCR website, http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/,
by clicking on the link to our new “Emergency Preparedness Planning and
Response” category. We also have added a new category of
“Emergency Preparedness Planning and Response” to our OCR homepage
under “Resources for Consumers, Providers, and Advocates.” In
addition to the decision tool, this category brings together additional links
of relevance, including the two bulletins on the Privacy Rule released in the
days immediately following Hurricane Katrina, as well as links to the HHS
Office on Disability and the site, DisabilityInfo.gov.
We are
pleased to be able to keep you informed about these and other new resources
available to assist you in understanding the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
This email is being sent to you from the OCR-Privacy-list listserv, operated by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the US Department of Health and Human Services.
This is an announce-only list, a resource to distribute information about the HIPAA Privacy Rule. For additional information on a wide range of topics about the the Privacy Rule, please visit the OCR Privacy website at www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/. You can also call the OCR Privacy toll-free phone line at (866) 627-7748. Information about OCR's civil rights authorities and responsibilities can be found on the OCR home page at www.hhs.gov/ocr
If you believe that a person or organization covered by the Privacy Rule (a "covered entity") violated your health information privacy rights or otherwise violated the Privacy Rule, you may file a complaint with OCR. For additional information about how to file a complaint, see the Fact Sheet "How to File a Health Information Privacy Complaint," available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacyhowtofile.htm .
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