middle schools giving kids hippa act against there parents

I appreciate the debate topic. And I would like to preface the debate by saying any criticism that occurs in this debate is criticism waged at the argument and not my opponent personally. My opponent is a concerned parent and that in itself speaks of the good natured and commendable qualities exemplified by my opponent. I promise not to engage in ad hominem attacks during the debate. In the event an attack takes place from my opponent (which I do not believe will occur because my opponent as I just mention is good person and a concerned parent), I will not address them or acknowledge their existence. Finally, I wish Con the best. Your personal situation sounds frustrating and I hope your situation works out for the best. [Voters’ thanks for bearing with me but the more debate, the more I have realize the necessity of being as clear as possible, because a lengthy preamble at the start of the debate is preferable to an entire debate where criticism of an idea and is construed as a personal attack]. First, let me address a quick technical issue: So let’s begin the debate: to be clear the acronym my opponent uses HIPPA as quoted in the following passage: “due to my OWN child signing the hippa [sic] form…” should be HIPAA, which stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which as my opponent notes does have privacy protections, something we will get to now. So where my opponent is correct, a minor’s records can only be restricted by a school under ONE EXCEPTION: “…may decide not to treat the parent as the minor’s personal representative if the provider believes that the minor has been or may be subject to violence, abuse, or neglect by the parent or the minor may be endangered by treating the parent as the personal representative; and the provider determines, in the exercise of professional judgment, that it is not in the best interests of the patient to treat the parent as the personal representative. See 45 CFR 164.502(g)(5). ”[1] III. Overview of HIPAA Congress enacted HIPAA in 1996 to, among other things, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system through the establishment of national standards and requirements for electronic health care transactions and to protect the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information. Collectively, these are known as HIPAA’s Administrative Simplification provisions, and the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a suite of rules, including a privacy rule, to implement these provisions. [2] [More important, the Department of Health and Human Services addresses the issues of parents in plain language on its website. Again, because this debate has 4 rounds I will simply take the information from the website because I want to make basic definitions and how the law works under its legitimately proscribed mandate]: [ESSENTIAL, Voters should READ TO UNDERSTAND THE DEBATE] Questions and Answers about HIPAA and Mental Health[3] Does HIPAA allow a health care provider to communicate with a patient’s family, friends, or other persons who are involved in the patient’s care? Yes. In recognition of the integral role that family and friends play in a patient’s health care, the HIPAA Privacy Rule allows these routine – and often critical – communications between health care providers and these persons. Where a patient is present and has the capacity to make health care decisions, health care providers may communicate with a patient’s family members, friends, or other persons the patient has involved in his or her health care or payment for care, so long as the patient does not object. See 45 CFR 164.510(b). The provider may ask the patient’s permission to share relevant information with family members or others, may tell the patient he or she plans to discuss the information and give them an opportunity to agree or object, or may infer from the circumstances, using professional judgment, that the patient does not object. A common example of the latter would be situations in which a family member or friend is invited by the patient and present in the treatment room with the patient and the provider when a disclosure is made. So I will summarize the reasons why Pro should get your vote: First, HIPAA only prevents parent’s from obtaining information only in cases “if the provider believes that the minor has been or may be subject to violence, abuse, or neglect by the parent or the minor may be endangered by treating the parent as the personal representative; and the provider determines, in the exercise of professional judgment, that it is not in the best interests of the patient to treat the parent as the personal representative. See 45 CFR 164.502(g)(5). ” [same footnote and quote from above]. Second, a student can give the parent the right to confidential information. Third, the law itself is non-controversial, related exclusively to the health and well-being of individuals, and that’s all. Fourth: HIPAA categorically does not as Con stated demonstrates that “schools addiction on brain washing students against there [sic] parents [sic] rights on knowing bout [sic] there [sic] child. ” Quick Summary of Argument: HIPAA is a benign piece of [health related, not education related] legislation. Moreover, a parents is not restricted to information when a student specifically asks them not to disclose information [again, information related to health, and really only includes insistences where a student tells a school counselor about having HPV or wanting to disclose a sexual issue like sexual protection, etc. ] and when a representative of the school has reason to believe the parent has violated the law, as quote twice during the debate. [1] U. S. Department of Health & Human Services. HIPAA Privacy Rule and Sharing Information Related to Mental Health. . http://www.hhs.gov... (accessed March 24, 2015) [2] Department of Health and Human Services. Joint Guidance on the Application of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) And the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) To Student Health Records, 2008. . http://www.hhs.gov... (accessed March 24, 2015). [3] U. S. Department of Health & Human Services. HIPAA Privacy Rule and Sharing Information Rela. ted to Mental Health. . http://www.hhs.gov... (accessed March 24, 2015)