LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
  Policy 501.09 - Prohibiting Offer of Treatment on the Condition of Waiver of Rights Under HIPAA
 
  PROCEDURES
  1. The designated Privacy Officer, in cooperation with the facility site program manager and Human Resources Bureau must investigate reports or complaints that DMH workforce members offered treatment to an individual on the condition that the client waive his/her rights under HIPAA.
     
  2. In the event that a workforce member is alleged to have violated this policy, he/she must not participate in the investigation.
     
  3. The designated Privacy Officer, together with the Human Resources Department, must apply appropriate sanctions against any LDMH workforce member found to have violated this policy, in accordance with the policy on Sanctions.
     
  4. Clients, who believe they have been treated in a manner that violates this policy, must file a complaint in accordance with the policy on Complaints and Grievances.