County of San Bernardino Department of Public Health

Welcome to HIPAA

We would like to welcome you to our website. This website is designed to facilitate your understanding of the rules and regulations outlined by the 1996 passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA. Our site will help you understand the specific areas of HIPAA - related to privacy rights and security rules, 45 C.F.R. §164 This law was designed to protect a client’s protected health information or (PHI).

Click on the “Covered Programs” to see a description of the HIPAA-designated program and contact information.

As policies and standard practices are approved, they will be posted on this site for reference and or training purposes. (Click on HIPAA Policies and Standard Practices to access documents that have been approved.)

To learn more about State Law and Federal Law click on the links in the right most column.

Whats New
Updated 3/10/08

Federal Law

State Law

County HIPAA
Website


PH HIPAA Forms

Contracts

NOPP (Notice of
Privacy Practice)
NOPP Spanish

FAQs

Work Group
Meeting Minutes

Glossary of Terms

Privacy/Security Reminders