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Notice of Privacy Practices (HIPAA)

Effective Date: June 29, 2026

This Notice describes how Children’s ABA may use and disclose your protected health information (PHI), your rights regarding that information, and our legal duties under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your PHI, to provide you with this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and to abide by the terms of this Notice currently in effect.

We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your PHI and to provide you with this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

Get a copy of your health records

You may request to view or obtain an electronic or paper copy of your medical record and other health information we maintain about you. We will provide a copy or summary, typically within 30 days of your request. A reasonable, cost-based fee may apply.

If we cannot act on your request within 30 days, we may extend this time once by an additional 30 days and will provide you with a written explanation.

Request corrections

You may request that we correct health information you believe is incorrect or incomplete. If we deny your request, we will provide a written explanation.

Request confidential communications

You may request that we contact you in a specific way or at a specific location. We will accommodate reasonable requests.

Request restrictions

You may request limits on how we use or share your information for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. We are not required to agree to all requests, except in limited circumstances (such as when services are paid out-of-pocket in full).

If we agree to a restriction, we will comply with it unless the information is needed to provide emergency treatment.

Get an accounting of disclosures

You may request a list of certain disclosures of your PHI for up to six years prior to your request. This does not include disclosures made for treatment, payment, healthcare operations, or certain other exceptions as permitted by law.

Get a copy of this Notice

You may request a paper copy of this Notice at any time, even if you previously agreed to receive it electronically.

Designate a personal representative

You may authorize another individual to act on your behalf regarding your health information.

File a complaint

You may file a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated. You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint.

Your Choices

You have choices regarding how we use and share your information in certain situations, including:

  • Sharing information with family members or others involved in your care
  • Sharing information in disaster relief situations
  • Mental health care coordination (when applicable)
  • Fundraising communications (if ever used, only with your permission)

If you are unable to communicate your preference, we may use professional judgment to determine what is in your best interest.

We will not use or disclose your information for marketing or the sale of PHI without your written authorization.

Our Uses and Disclosures

We may use and share your information for the following purposes:

Treatment

To provide, coordinate, or manage your behavioral health services and care.

Payment

To bill for and receive payment for services provided.

Healthcare Operations

To operate our organization, improve services, conduct quality assurance, and support compliance activities. We will limit to the minimum necessary to accomplish the intended purpose, except where not required by law.

Other Permitted Uses and Disclosures

We may also share your information as permitted or required by law, including:

  • To comply with legal obligations
  • To support public health and safety activities
  • To respond to law enforcement or legal requests
  • For oversight activities such as audits or investigations
  • With medical examiners or for organ and tissue donation, when required
  • In response to valid court orders, subpoenas, or legal processes

Electronic Communications and Text Messaging (SMS)

We may communicate with you through electronic methods, including email and text messaging (SMS), for administrative and service-related purposes.

SMS communications may include appointment reminders, scheduling updates, service coordination, required forms, billing or administrative notices, and responses to family questions related to services. SMS is not used for marketing unless you have provided separate written authorization.

Text messaging is not encrypted and may not be fully secure. We recommend that sensitive health information not be shared through SMS. SMS communications are not intended for urgent or emergency situations.

We may use third-party service providers to deliver electronic communications, and those providers are required to maintain appropriate privacy and security protections.

You may opt of our SMS Communications at any time by notifying us.

Our Responsibilities

We are required by law to:

  • Maintain the privacy and security of your PHI
  • Provide you with this Notice and follow its terms
  • Notify you if a breach occurs involving your PHI
  • Not use or disclose your information outside of what is described in this Notice unless you authorize it in writing

If you provide written authorization, you may revoke it at any time.

Changes to This Notice

We may update this Notice at any time. Updated versions will be posted on our website and made available upon request.

The effective date reflects the current version of this Notice. When changes are made, the revised Notice will replace all prior versions.

Contact Information

Privacy Officer: Katie Talerico, VP Compliance and Privacy
Mailing Address:  175 Belgrove Drive  Kearny, NJ  07032
Phone: 724-630-3696
Email: ktalerico@childrens-aba.org

File a Complaint

You may file a complaint with us directly or with:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office for Civil Rights
1-877-696-6775
www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/

Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Get a copy of your paper or electronic medical record.
  • Correct your paper or electronic medical record.
  • Request confidential communication.
  • Ask us to limit the information we share.
  • Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared your information.
  • Get a copy of this privacy notice.
  • Choose someone to act for you.
  • File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.

Your Choices

You have some choices in the way that we use and share information as we:

  • Tell family and friends about your condition.
  • Provide disaster relief.
  • Provide mental health care.
  • Raise funds.

Our Uses and Disclosures

We may use and share your information as we:

  • Treat you.
  • Engage your children in Social Skills Group sessions.
  • Run our organization.
  • Bill for your services.
    Help with public health and safety issues.
  • Do research.
  • Comply with the law.
  • Respond to organ and tissue donation requests.
  • Work with a medical examiner or funeral director.
  • Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests.
  • Respond to lawsuits and legal actions.

Electronic Communications and Text Messaging (SMS)

We may communicate with you through electronic means such as email and text messaging (SMS) for administrative and service-related purposes.

Types of Messages Electronic: Communications may include appointment reminders, scheduling updates, administrative notices, billing or invoice follow-ups, routine forms, and general service-related information. Marketing or promotional messages are sent only with separate written authorization.

Use of Information: We do not include sensitive protected health information (PHI) in text messages. Standard SMS messages are not encrypted and may be subject to interception. Electronic communications are not used for urgent or emergency matters.

Message Frequency: Message frequency varies depending on your interaction with our services. Marketing messages, if authorized, will not exceed four messages per month.

Opt-Out and Help: You may opt out of receiving SMS messages at any time by replying STOP. For help, reply HELP or contact us using the information provided in this Notice.

Third-Party Vendors: Electronic communications, including SMS, may be delivered through third-party service providers with whom we maintain appropriate contracts and Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) as required by law.

When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights.
This section explains your rights and some of our responsibilities to help.

Get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record.

  • You can ask to see or get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record and other health information we have about you. Ask us how to do this.
  • The Company will provide a copy or a summary of your health information, usually within 30 days of your request. We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee.

Ask us to correct your medical record.

  • You can ask us to correct health information about you that you think is incorrect or incomplete. Ask us how to do this.
  • We may say “no” to your request, but we’ll tell you why in writing within 60 days.

Ask us to limit what we use or share.

You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for treatment, payment, or our operations. We are not required to agree to your request, and we may say “no” if it would affect your care.

If you pay for a service or health care item out-of-pocket in full, you can ask us not to share that information for the purpose of payment or our operations with your health insurer. We will say “yes” unless a law requires us to share that information

Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared information

You can ask for a list (accounting) of the times we’ve shared your health information for six years prior to the date you ask, who we shared it with, and why.

We will include all the disclosures except for those about treatment, payment, and health care operations, and certain other disclosures (such as any you asked us to make). We’ll provide one accounting a year for free but will charge a reasonable, cost-based fee if you ask for another one within 12 months.

Get a copy of this privacy notice.

You can ask for a paper copy of this notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive the notice electronically. We will provide you with a paper copy promptly.

Choose someone to act for you.

If you have given someone medical power of attorney or if someone is your legal guardian, that person can exercise your rights and make choices about your health information.

We will make sure the person has this authority and can act for you before we take any action.

File a complaint if you feel your rights are violated

  • You can complain if you feel we have violated your rights by contacting us.

    • You can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights by:

  • We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

For certain health information, you can tell us your choices about what we share.

If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us. Tell us what you want us to do, and we will follow your instructions.

In these cases, you have both the right and choice to tell us to:

  • Share information with your family, close friends, or others involved in your care.
  • Share information in a disaster relief situation.
  • Include your information in a hospital directory.

If you are not able to tell us your preference, for example if you are unconscious, we may go ahead and share your information if we believe it is in your best interest. We may also share your information when needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.

In these cases, we never share your information, unless you give us written permission:

  • Marketing purposes
  • Sale of your information
  • Most sharing of psychotherapy notes

In the case of fundraising:

  • We may contact you for fundraising efforts, but you can tell us not to contact you again.

Our Responsibilities

We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your PHI. We will let you know promptly if a breach may have compromised your information’s privacy or security.

We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice and give you a copy of it.

We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us we can in writing. If you tell us we can, you may change your mind at any time. Let us know in writing if you change your mind.

For more information, see:
www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/noticepp.html

Miscellaneous

This policy is effective October 20, 2022.

If you have any questions regarding the privacy of your records, please contact our Privacy Officer, Katie Talerico, at 443.884.5540 or via e-mail at compliance@childrens-aba.org.

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