DisclosureLens
TEXASAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MetadataLowResolved

Youngs Counseling, PLLC

bd_42f9cccf88a3d477 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 30, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

790

Confidence

98%
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Youngs Counseling, PLLC (TX) reported to HHS on 2024-12-30 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 790 individuals. An employee inadvertently exposed patients' email addresses by emailing a newsletter without using BCC, revealing all recipient email addresses. The PHI involved email addresses only. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media. In response, the CE revised policies and procedures, implemented additional technical safeguards, sanctioned the workforce member, and retrained staff. Breached information located on Email.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified
⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Dec 30, 2024

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed790 affectedView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.