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 Nov. 8, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Missouri Department of Mental Health, MO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 8, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9613, row:752)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Missouri Department of Mental Health, reported that an employee erroneously sent an unencrypted email message containing the protected health information (PHI) of 537 individuals to the wrong individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, and dates of birth. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.