Biron Bedard – Legal, Ethical Issues in Behavioral Health in New Hampshire

Understanding your legal and ethical obligations will help you not only provide better treatment for your clients but also prevent costly mistakes.

Biron Bedard – Legal, Ethical Issues in Behavioral Health in New Hampshire

Confidentiality in Records

• HIPAA Privacy Rules and Their Effect on State Law
• Disclosure Requirements
• Mandatory Reporting Requirements
• Improper Disclosure and Reporting: The Consequences

HIPAA Compliance

• Releases for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations
• Notice of Privacy Policies
• Authorizations
• Business Associates
• Notes on Psychotherapy
• The HI TECH Act

Responding to Court Orders, Subpoenas and Law Enforcement Personnel

• Subpoenas:
  • Types of Subpoenas and Duty to Respond. Time Limits
• Court Orders
  • Duty to Respond, Search Warrants
• Law Enforcement
  • Authority to obtain Information, Investigations, Development of Policies and Procedures to React

HIPAA 101- Revised Federal Confidentiality Regulations

• What is HIPAA Today and what are its implications?
• How do I comply with the Revised Regulations
• What are You Looking For? “Psychotherapy Notes”?
• When may I release records?
• What amount of paperwork will this take for my office?

Balancing the Rights of Minors & Parents

• Minor Rights
• Age of Majority
• Access to Records
• Rights of minors to refuse/consent to medication and treatment
• Treatment of Drug Abuse, Alcoholism and Other Drugs Issues For Minors
• Parental Rights
• Custodial and Divorce Factors
• Allegations of Child Abuse
• Custodial Vs. Non-Custodial Parent’s Rights to Records

Voluntary or involuntary mental Health Commitments

• There are many reasons to use a voluntary commitment
• Why an Involuntary Engagement is a Good Idea
• Grounds for Involuntary Complementary Commitment: Dangerousness, as Defined by Statute
• Procedures

Boundary and Professional Ethics Issues

• Competency and Consent Elements Issues
• Individual’s Legal Rights
• Informed Consent
• Boundary Issues: Where the lines are blurred
• Board of Health Professionals Investigation – Discipline Proceedings

Legal Liability for Professionals

• Warning: Duty to Warn Issues
• Standards and professional obligations
• Fraud & Abuse Issues
• Billing & Coding Errors
• Documentation

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You can provide better care for clients by understanding your legal and ethical obligations. It can also save you money. This recording will give you the tools to avoid many ethical and legal pitfalls.

Watch this recording if you only have one chance to see it in the year. You can also see attorneys Biron Bedard Andrea Daly, for entertaining and informative content. You will leave with a better understanding of the most recent developments. New Hampshire Mental health law

Practical strategies for managing legal and ethical risk will be taken home. You will also learn how to implement these risk-reducing strategies in your own practice.