HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of April 22, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Bluebonnet Trails Community Services, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 22, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9959, row:1098)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Bluebonnet Trails Community Services, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 76,165 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, financial information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE offered free credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were also retrained in its requirements to protect and secure PHI.