CALIFORNIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Kern County Mental Health

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 15, 2016

Filed

Jun 14, 2016

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1,212

Confidence

67%

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Kern County Mental Health reported to HHS on 2016-06-14 a Improper Disposal affecting 1212 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The entity discovered a 290-page paper printout of accounts receivables containing PHI (names, MRNs, dates of service, codes, amounts) in an open file container left in a vacated facility area on April 15, 2016. The entity provided substitute, media, and individual notifications, and revised office-vacating policies.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Apr 15, 2016

Discovered

Jun 14, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,212 affectedView incident

Name: Kern County Mental Health
norm: kern county mental health
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Kern County Mental Health
norm: kern county mental health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Apr 15, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,212nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Internal

During the incident: Provided substitute and media breach notifications
Provided notification to HHS
Provided individual breach notification
Retrained staff on revised policies and procedures
Changes made: Revised its policies and procedures for moving and vacating office space
Retrained staff on these revised policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 15, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 15, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 15, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 15, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Jun 14, 2016
Raw hash: 3ee798366b218312ec059ce3f288b23abb4414a1e56c8deb3f60cceeaa4ede52

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Reporting entityKern County Mental Health

Victim entityKern County Mental Health

Incidentdiscovered Apr 15, 2016

Stated responseProvided substitute and media breach notifications

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing