HCA Releases Confidentiality Toolkit for Providers
The Health Care Authority (HCA) has released the Washington State Confidentiality Toolkit for Providers, a resource for health care providers required to be compliant with HIPAA and other state laws.
The Health Care Authority (HCA) has released the Washington State Confidentiality Toolkit for Providers, a resource for health care providers required to be compliant with HIPAA and other state laws (RCW 70.02 in particular).
The toolkit includes:
- Overview of HIPAA
- Overview of state privacy laws, in particular RCW 70.02
- Explanation of more protective state laws concerning mental health and sexually transmitted diseases
- State breach notification laws
- Chart summarizing Washington minor consent laws
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