Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996

Better Known as "HIPAA"

HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

The Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA, Title II) require the Federal Department of Health and Human Services to establish national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health plans, and employers. It also addresses the security and privacy of health data.

Please see the DOH HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices 

• Health Department employees receive HIPAA privacy training



• The Health Department has a Chief Privacy Officer to help administer the HIPAA Act