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County of Santa Barbara, Department of Behavioral Wellness
ArchivedSubmitted 05/23/2022
Updated 16 hours ago ()
- State
- CA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 601
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Electronic Medical Record
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
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.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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