Meeting & Agendas
Committee
HIPAA Task Force Committee
Date
07/09/2007
Status
Approved
Begin Time
11:30 am
End Time
01:00 pm
Location
EVC 8000-8358
Online/Remote Url
Members in attendance:
Nancy Walters,
N/A,
Marilyn Rehm-Skewis, Support Staff,
Rebecca Cole, Sanctions Officer
Members not in attendance:
Nancy Jenkins,
Patricia Recek,
Jose Milan,
Azure Brown,
Kaitlyn Goin,
N/A,
N/A,
N/A,
Renee Cornett, Security Officer,
James Pope,
Alina Dowell,
Mary Keeton,
Michelle Landrum,
Emilie Kunze,
Elizabeth (Liz) Coccia,
Rudolph (Rudy) Garza,
Durwood (Alex) Matthews,
Alisol Martinez,
Ross Greves,
Steve Hassel
Agenda:
1)
Description
Approval of Agenda
Presenter
Pat Recek
Minutes
Approved by committee.
2)
Description
Next Meeting
Presenter
Pat Recek
Minutes
To Be Announced after Crises Management report completion
3)
Description
Approval of February Meeting Minutes
Presenter
Pat Recek
Minutes
Addition to minutes: Add email from Kay Barclay, Instructional Records Manager
Approved by committee
4)
Description
New Business:
• Audits for 2007- 2008
Presenter
Pat Recek
Minutes
P. Recek was unable to find best practice information related to the desired frequency of continuing HIPAA compliance audits.
Becky Cole reported that the Crisis Management Team was looking at internal procedures, vulnerability assessment, procedures assessment, building security/equipment. There will be a district wide security audit – including HIPAA, qualified contractors/subcontractors, department walk-through, addition of security deterrents/equipment, procedures assessment
Decisions/Actions:
Audits for 2007 - 2008 -
Recommend no HIPAA audits this academic year.
Committee to make recommendations for the HIPAA Audits after reviewing the Crisis Management Team report and any recommendations related to HIPAA.
B. Cole reports that those audits will begin in the fall.
Follow-up Items:
>Continue to update HIPAA information with links to Faculty Staff Pages, Human Resource Benefits and Human Resource Web sites. Person responsible: Kirk White/Becky Cole. Deadline: none.
>Continue to receive update from Crisis Management Team. Person responsible: Becky Cole. Deadline: none.
>Continue to receive information on District Wide Security Audit. Person Responsible: Becky Cole. Deadline: none.
5)
Description
New Business:
Information set out in emails related to faculty death/illness - is it HIPAA issue
Presenter
Pat Recek
Minutes
Death of an employee on the job.
Death of employee not related to work.
Obligation by employer to announcement a death.
Privacy information relating to the death.
Second hand information distributed by employees relating to illness/death by email, newsletter announcement, verbal, memo/hand written notes.
The ownership of the death announcement.
Announcement Form.
Official death information distributed by employer.
Employment written consent form.
Supervisor training relating to the death of employee.
Death Announcement by family.
Decisions/Actions:
Statement will come from Crises Management and indicate that what is published must be public information/obituary.
Draft procedures for department information.
Add to Supervisor Training.
Follow-up Items:
>Draft procedures for departments. Person responsible: Becky Cole. Deadline: None
>Addition of procedures to Supervisor Training. Person responsible: Susan Smith. Deadline: none.
6)
Description
New Business:
Dental Hygiene Department is being designated as shelter area in weather events
Presenter
Pat Recek
Minutes
Approval by Dental Hygiene Department Chair.
Designated Areas in Dental Hygiene as weather events shelter area: room 8158, 8160, 8142, and out flow would be secondary with discussion concerning bathroom and skills lab.
Locked areas/rooms, coded locked doors.
Designated team leaders.
Emergency Phone/s
Decisions/Actions:
Approval by Dental Hygiene Department Chair was given by Renee Cornett.
Addition to Dental Hygiene Manual and procedures/policies Designated Weather Shelter Area for building 8000 Eastview Campus.
Follow-up Items:
>Draft procedures for Dental Hygiene Manuel. Persons responsible: Renee Cornett. Deadline: none.
>Admittance into keyed/coded rooms during a weather related event. Person responsible: Renee Cornett. Deadline: none
>Staff training. Person responsible: Renee Cornett. Deadline: none.
7)
Description
HIPAA Training-additional formats
Presenter
Kirk White
Minutes
Power Point Addition
Flash Form Addition
Decisions/Actions: None
Follow-up Items:
>Monitor HIPAA Training web site. Person responsible: Kirk White. Deadline: None.
>Monitor Power Point and Flash Form. Person responsible: Kirk White. Deadline None
8)
Description
HIPAA Violations:
Presenter
Pat Recek
Minutes
E. Klein presented information about a “claim” of a HIPAA violation by a student who is no longer a student in any HS program. The original “claim” was made by the wife of a patient. E. Klein communicated with the individuals in writing indicating that the “husband” must submit a written complaint. As of the meeting time, that had not arrived.
Items discussed related to this issue included:
Sanctions
Violation by Student
Targeted School/Student
School Obligations
OCR Formal Complaint
Multiple Violations
Transfers from one academic program to another academic program
Statue of Limitations
Student Rights
Decisions/Actions: Will await further communication from the patient.
9)
Description
Announcements
Presenter
Pat Recek
Minutes
Completion of grant project with Texas Tech University.
Decisions/Actions:
Removal of link for Texas Tech students to HIPAA Training and Post Test
Follow-up Items:
>Letter to Texas Tech outlining the HIPAA removal of Texas Tech Link for students. Person responsible: Pat Recek. Deadline: None
>Information on how Texas Tech can continue the use of the HIPAA Training without the link to ACC, HIPAA and post test. Person Responsible: Kirk White. Deadline: none.
Guests:
Additional Information:
Attendance: Becky Cole, Renee Cornett, Eileen Klein, Patricia Recek, Marilyn Rehm-Skewis, Susan Smith, Regina Swearengin, Kirk White.
Guest: None.
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