TEXASMisuseHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Texas Children's Health Plan

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 31, 2016

Filed

Oct 27, 2017

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected

952

Confidence

66%

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Texas Children's Health Plan reported to HHS on 2017-10-27 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 952 individuals. Breached information located on Email. A former workforce member emailed PHI to a personal account between Nov-Dec 2016.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late43 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

undetected · 60 days

discovery → filing · 43 weeks / 300 days

Nov 1, 2016

Begins

Dec 31, 2016

Discovered

Oct 27, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+34 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed952 affectedView incident

Name: Texas Children's Health Plan
norm: texas children s health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Texas Children's Health Plan
norm: texas children s health plan
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 31, 2016
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
Undetected for: 60 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 952nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Improved safeguards
Updated its policies and procedures
Trained its workforce members on better practices to protect PHI
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Improved safeguards
Updated its policies and procedures
Trained its workforce members on better practices to protect PHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 weeks(300 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS 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: Dec 31, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 31, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 31, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 31, 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: Oct 27, 2017
Raw hash: cf9c6fc9988a4b562b2a7829560c39ec82dce639c9bd1de6811b563fe5aa76d4

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Reporting entityTexas Children's Health Plan

Victim entityTexas Children's Health Plan

Incidentdiscovered Dec 31, 2016

Stated responseImproved safeguards

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing