Notice of Privacy Practices
Brighter Horizons Center
Effective Date: January 5, 2025

This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed, and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.

Our Responsibilities

Brighter Horizons Center is committed to protecting your health information. We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information (PHI), provide you with this notice, and follow the terms of this notice.

How We May Use and Disclose Health Information

We may use or disclose your health information for the following purposes:

1. Treatment

We may use your information to provide, coordinate, or manage your care, including sharing with counselors, social workers, doctors, or other professionals involved in your treatment.

2. Payment

We may use or disclose your information to obtain payment for the services we provide, such as submitting claims to Medicaid or other third-party payers.

3. Healthcare Operations

We may use your information for internal operations, such as quality improvement, training, and accreditation.

4. Required by Law

We may disclose your information when required by federal, state, or local law (e.g., for mandated reporting of child abuse or threats of harm).

5. Public Health and Safety

We may disclose your information to prevent or reduce a serious threat to health or safety, or for public health purposes such as communicable disease reporting.

6. Legal and Administrative Proceedings

We may disclose your information in response to a court order, subpoena, or other lawful request.

7. With Your Authorization

We will not use or disclose your PHI for purposes such as marketing, fundraising, or sharing psychotherapy notes without your explicit written authorization. You may revoke your authorization at any time in writing.

Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your health information:

• Right to Access: You can request to view or obtain a copy of your health records.
• Right to Amend: You can request a correction to your records if you believe they are incorrect or incomplete.
• Right to an Accounting of Disclosures: You can request a list of instances where we disclosed your PHI, except for treatment, payment, or operations.
• Right to Request Restrictions: You may request limits on how your information is used or shared. We are not required to agree, but we will try to accommodate reasonable requests.
• Right to Confidential Communications: You can request we communicate with you in a specific way or at a specific location.
• Right to a Paper Copy: You can request a paper copy of this notice at any time.

Breach Notification

In the event of a breach of your unsecured PHI, you will be notified in writing as required by law.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights, please contact:

Privacy Officer
Brighter Horizons Center
525 N Sam Houston Pkwy Ste.225 Houston, TX 77060
281-994-9780

Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you can file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.