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Committee forwards HIPAA-designation resolution to Board, designates three city departments as health-care components
Summary
The committee voted 3-0 to send a resolution to the Board designating the Department of Public Health, Fire Department and Health Service System as HIPAA-covered components under Administrative Code Chapter 22H; the designation will standardize policies, training and a periodic three-year review.
The Public Safety & Neighborhood Services Committee on Sept. 23 recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a resolution accepting the city administrator's report and designating specific city departments as health-care components under HIPAA (the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996).
Bill Barnes of the City Administrator's office presented the report and noted a clerical correction (the file in the record…
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