The Board of Education shall have discretion to establish and maintain group health plans for the benefit of eligible employees. These group health plans may provide health benefits through insurance or otherwise as permitted by law.

The Board acknowledges that group health plans are required to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule as amended by Title I of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). Certain health information maintained by group health plans is afforded significant protection by this Federal law.

The Board hereby appoints the Treasurer/CFO to serve as the Privacy Protection Officer of the group health plans. The Board delegates authority to the Privacy Protection Officer to develop and implement the internal policies and procedures for the group health plan(s) relating to the use and disclosure of Protected Health Information. In the event that the HIPAA Privacy Rule is subsequently amended, the Privacy Protection Officer is authorized to make necessary amendments to the internal policies and procedures.

The Board reserves the right to revoke any or all delegations set forth in this policy at any time for any reason.

29 C.F.R. Part 1635
42 U.S.C. 2000ff et seq., The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

Revised 10/27/10