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 Jan. 9, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Coastal Plains Community Mental Health Mental Retardation Center, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Jan. 9, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10212, row:1351)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Coastal Plains Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 45,357 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional system monitoring safeguards and revised policies and procedures.