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  2. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

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    The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is Washington's social services department. The agency has its headquarters in Office Building Two (OB-2) in Olympia , the state capital. [ 1 ] Annually, 2.2 million children, families, vulnerable adults and seniors come to the department for protection, comfort, food assistance, financial aid ...

  3. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Wikipedia

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    According to the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, between April 2003 and January 2013, it received 91,000 complaints of HIPAA violations, in which 22,000 led to enforcement actions of varying kinds (from settlements to fines) and 521 led to referrals to the US Department of Justice as criminal actions. [80]

  4. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Wikipedia

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    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance portability standards.

  5. Washington Public Records Act - Wikipedia

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    The ruling was upheld by a 7–2 decision of the Washington Supreme Court on December 19, 2019, but administrative offices were excluded from the definition of state agencies. [17] [18] While the state legislature appealed the ruling, a bill to remove the legislature from the Public Records Act was announced by state legislators on February 21.

  6. WA Public Disclosure Commission fines state GOP $5,000 ... - AOL

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    The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission on Tuesday issued a $5,000 fine to the Washington State Republican Party for four campaign finance and political advertising violations.. The PDC ...

  7. Biden administration issues privacy rule protecting abortion

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    The new rule, issued through the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, strengthens existing provisions under the Health Insurance Portability Act of 1996 ...

  8. Medical privacy - Wikipedia

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    HIPAA provides a federal minimum standard for medical privacy, sets standards for uses and disclosures of protected health information (PHI), and provides civil and criminal penalties for violations. Prior to HIPAA, only certain groups of people were protected under medical laws such as individuals with HIV or those who received Medicare aid. [41]

  9. Western State employees who got $2M for patient attacks sue ...

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    The four hospital employees first sued the state Department of Social and Health Services in Pierce County in 2019 after a patient attacked and injured each of them under similar circumstances ...