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Montplaisir, Michael M. <br /> <br />From: Terry O. Traynor [ttraynor@ndaco.or§] <br />Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:47 PM <br />To: Auditors <br />Cc: SOS; Bonnie Amble; Doug Wegh <br />Subject: November Agenda Item <br /> <br />Appoint Prlvaw.doc <br /> <br /> Auditors, <br /> <br />appointment of Privacy Officers for HIPAA Compliance. Our statewide County <br />HIP~ Coordinator, Doug Wegh, has made great stridus in moving counties <br />towards compliance with the Transactions, Privacy, and Security standards of <br />the federal law. To ensure that your county is fully informed on these <br />important standards and equipped to take the appropriate action, we are <br />asking that the counties assign BIPAA PRIVACY OFFICERS. These people will <br />receive traJnJng and information, they will become points of contact for the <br />distribution of model privacy policies, they wit± help advise the county on <br /> <br />complaints regarding HIPAA violations (i.e. the improper rel~as~ of m~dlcal <br />information) would be referred. <br /> <br />We are urging you to include the appointment of Privacy Officers as an <br />agenda item at your earliest commission mae ting, and provide all your <br />cou¥l~issioners with the attached memo. As ail county policies must be HIPAA <br />compliant (and adopted) by April, 2003, this appointment needs to be done <br /> <br />be returned LO Bonnie ~%'~le of this office. She can be emailed at <br />bamble~ndaco.org <mailto:bamb[e@ndaco.org>, or reached by phone at our toll <br />free nui~ber 800-932-8730. <br /> <br /><<Appoin~ Privacy.doc>> <br /> <br />SUGGESTED MOTION: <br />Move to appoint the following Privacy Officers for HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and <br />Accountability Act) Compliance; Kathy Hogan for Social Services, Bonnie Johnson for <br />Personnel and Mike Montplaisir as the general Privacy Officer; and to forward the names to the <br />North Dakota Association of Counties. <br /> <br /> <br />