Board approves HIPAA manual update and Policy PS-145; rejects Behavioral Health MOU after attorney review

The Cedar County Board on March 24 approved updates to the county HIPAA manual to explicitly include substance use disorder records and approved Policy PS-145, while declining to approve a proposed Behavioral Health memorandum of understanding to provide office space.

County Attorney Blank reviewed the Behavioral Health MOU and advised the Board against approval; following that review the Board moved not to approve the MOU. The HIPAA manual update and Policy PS-145 were each approved by the Board; votes on these items were recorded as "Ayes: All" with Supervisor Bixler absent.

The minutes do not specify operational details for how the HIPAA change will be implemented; county staff will follow standard policy-update procedures to incorporate the substance use disorder provisions into practice and compliance workflows.