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Resolution Relative to Adopting Policies to Comply with the Security Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
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WHEREAS, the City of West Allis must comply with the Security Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”); and,
WHEREAS, the HIPAA Security Rule requires the City of West Allis, as a group health plan, a health care provider and a plan sponsor with access to protected health information, to comply with various security standards which are designed to safeguard all individually identifiable health information that is in electronic form; and,
WHEREAS, it is desirable to have general city-wide policies which address the responsibility of the City of West Allis to safeguard electronic protected health information through administrative procedures, physical safeguards and technical security services and mechanisms.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of West Allis that the attached policies, implementing the security standards of the HIPAA Security Rule, be and are hereby approved for inclusion in the City's Policies & Procedures Manual.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Administrative Officer is authorized and directed to include such policies in the City of West Allis Policies & Procedures Manual and to distribute said policies to all departments, divisions, and offices.
ATTR-Resolution-HIPAA Security Rule