Appendix 1:
Status of OMH as a Covered Entity
| Name of the Agency: Office of Mental Health Page Number: 1 |
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| Overall Agency Designation (Choose those that apply): Non-covered Health care plan Health care clearinghouse Health care provider engaging in electronic transactions Hybrid Organized health care arrangement Affiliated entity Business associate/partner |
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| Reasoning Behind Determination: Agency's legal services has provided an analysis. OMH is a legal entity that directly operates various state psychiatric hospitals pursuant to New York State Mental Hygiene Law §7.17. | ||
| Agency Contact Name: Michael R. Mittleman, PhD |
Agency Contact Phone Number: 474-1558 | |
| Individual Functions Reviewed | Designation of Function | Summary of Reasoning |
| Psychiatric centers | provider engaging in electronic transactions | OMH directly operates these providers |
| OMH prepaid mental health plan | non-covered | program is exempt from health plan per HIPAA definition |
| non-covered | ||
| non-covered | ||
| non-covered | ||
| Signature of Agency Commissioner or Equivalent and Date of Submission: | ||