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North Dakota Department of Human Services

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Full breach record for North Dakota Department of Human Services →

North Dakota Department of Human Services (a state Health Plan) reported to HHS OCR on 2017-06-01 an Improper Disposal breach affecting 2,452 individuals. A workforce member disposed of PHI-containing documents in a dumpster. Exposed PHI included names, dates of birth, Medicaid provider numbers, dates of service, diagnosis codes, procedure codes, and billing information (Paper/Films). The responsible workforce member resigned in lieu of termination. The CE retrained staff, revised PHI-related policies, and provided OCR with written assurance of full workforce training on updated policies.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,452 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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 1, 2017
Raw hash: c0f3bef0998d0245b6b302d7956fa56e8cc1745d68f544f67679584da809a08b

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: North Dakota Department of Human Services
norm: north dakota department of human
Industry: Insurance — Health

Victim entity

Name: North Dakota Department of Human Services
norm: north dakota department of human
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,452
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR technical assistance provided; CE revised PHI safeguarding policies, privacy training policies, sanctions policies, disclosure policies, and mitigation policy; CE provided written assurance of workforce training on updated policies.
Initial access: insider_action

Compliance

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.