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Committee forwards resolution adding three city offices to HIPAA healthcare-component list
Summary
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted 3–0 to send a resolution to the full Board of Supervisors that accepts a city administrator report designating the Controller’s Office, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and DATA SF as HIPAA healthcare components under Administrative Code Chapter 22H.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to forward to the full board a resolution accepting the city administrator’s report that adds three offices to the city’s list of healthcare components under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
The designation matters because Chapter 22H of the Administrative Code requires the city to identify which departments perform operations subject to HIPAA protections and to re-review that status…
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