HIPAA is a federal law enacted by Congress (Kennedy/Kassebaum bill - 1996) for health care reform.
- It impacts everyone who receives medical services or has health insurance.
- HIPAA is intended to decrease the costs of health care and protect the privacy and security of our individually identifiable health information.
- HIPAA is much more than an internal SRS issue. There are legal, regulatory, policy, process, privacy, security, audit, technology and training aspects that must be carefully evaluated for SRS's good faith effort with its partners for ongoing HIPAA compliance.
SRS employees know about HIPAA and how it affects work within SRS, with our community partners and with other government entities. We hope this page provides useful information and references for you as either a customer or partner of SRS.
Individuals have a right to know how SRS will use and disclose their Protected Health Information (PHI). Read the SRS Notice of Privacy Practices.
If you have questions about HIPAA, please contact the agency at (785) 296-4687.
Notice of Privacy Practices
HIPAA Training