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Privacy Policy Effective April 14, 2003, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requires that health plans protect the confidentiality of your private health information. You may find a complete description of your rights under HIPAA in the Plan's Privacy Notice that describes the Plan's privacy policies and procedures and outlines your rights under the privacy rules and regulations. The Plan will distribute its Privacy Notice:
This Plan and the Plan Sponsor will not use or further disclose your protected health information except as necessary for treatment, payment, health plan operations and Plan administration or as permitted or required by law. In particular, the Plan will not, without your written authorization, use or disclose your protected health information for employment-related actions and decisions or in connection with any other benefit or employee benefit plan of the Plan Sponsor. The Plan also hires professionals and other companies to assist it in providing health care benefits. The Plan has required these entities, called "Business Associates" to observe HIPAA's privacy rules. In some cases, you may receive a separate notice from one of the Plan's Business Associates. It will describe your rights with respect to benefits provided by that company. Your rights under HIPAA with respect to your protected health information include the right to:
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North Central Illinois
Laborers' Health & Welfare Fund |
