Print this pageThe Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, provides privacy procedures for both personal health information and personally identifiable information.
Following these procedures, the Health Care Authority—including the Basic Health and Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) programs and the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP)—must protect personal and health information collected about its members, applicants, and state employees and retirees, even after death. This includes written, spoken, and electronic information.
As a health plan, UMP members received a mailing with more details about how HIPAA affects them, along with UMP’s Privacy Practices.
If you want the Health Care Authority to release your information to someone (a relative,
legislator, friend, etc.) you will need to sign an 
authorization form (121 KB).
You can find more information on HIPAA at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights Web site.
