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 May 23, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- County of Santa Barbara, Department of Behavioral Wellness, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- May 23, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11442, row:2581)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), County of Santa Barbara, Department of Behavioral Wellness, reported that its workforce member impermissibly accessed the protected health information (PHI) of 601 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, diagnoses, medications, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the workforce member, implemented additional technical safeguards, revised its policies and procedures, and retrained all workforce members.