Are you sure HIPPA was involved? When did the school get access to her medical records?
>>Are you sure HIPPA was involved? <<
It isn’t.
They asked, she told.
There was no third party involved. That’s what HIPPA is about. Reveling medical information to a third party not authorized by the patient.
She should have just said, “I don’t know.”
It is convoluted, but I think the argument can be made. I work as an IT security analyst. We do Privacy Impact assessments all the time, and instruct customers on HIPPA and other Privacy Act implications
It is sort of a gray area, however my reading would be this:
The Empoyer has rights under HIPPA to ask employee's about medical conditions, etc.
Once the employee divulges that medical condition to the employer, the employer is then bound by the Privacy Rules to protect that information and protect it from release
In this case the release of the information by the emploer violated that Privacy requirement.
Are you sure HIPPA was involved? When did the school get access to her medical records?
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If the school sponsors the benefit plan, HIPAA is involved. And since they had maternity leave in place (apparently), the seem to be sponsoring a plan.