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 Feb. 28, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Clarity Child Guidance Center, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 28, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10888, row:2027)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Child Clarity Guidance Center, reported that it erroneously emailed an electronic file containing the protected health information (PHI) of 531 individuals to another CE. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and other identifiers. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals of the breach. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security precautions.