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1419.02 - PRIVACY PROTECTIONS OF FULLY INSURED GROUP HEALTH PLANS
The Board provides coverage to eligible employees under fully insured group health plans. The Board has established the Medical Plan as a fully insured group health plan.
The Board acknowledges that these group health plans are required to comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule as amended by Title I of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).
The fully insured group health plans established by the Board shall:
| A. | refrain from taking any retaliatory action against any individual for exercising any right under the plan, filing a complaint with Health and Human Services, participating in any proceeding under Part C of Title XI of the Social Security Act, or opposing any act or practice made unlawful by the Privacy Rule provided that the individual has a good faith belief that the practice opposed is unlawful; | |
| B. | not impose a requirement that participants waive their rights under the Privacy Rule as a condition of the provision of payment, enrollment in a health plan, or eligibility of benefits; | |
| C. | if the plan document is amended in accordance with the Privacy Rule, the plan must retain a copy of the plan as amended for six (6) years from the date of its amendment or the date when it last was in effect, whichever is later. |
Fully insured group health plans established by the Board shall not create or receive protected health information, except for:
| A. | summary health information; | |
| Summary health information is de-identified information that summarized claims history, claims expenses, or type of claims experienced by health plan participants. | ||
| B. | information on whether an individual is participating in a group health plan, or is enrolled in or has disenrolled from a health insurance issuer or HMO offered by the plan. |
F.S. 1002.02
20 U.S.C. 1232g
42 U.S.C. 1320d-2
Health Insurance Portability and Act (HIPPA)
29 C.F.R. Part 1635
42 U.S.C. 2000ff et seq., The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
Adopted 7/17/07
Revised 5/3/11