Authorization for Release of Health Information

Instructions for filling out the Authorization for Release of Health Information

IMPORTANT:

We will not re-disclose any previous provider records or records that did not originate in our office. If you need records from a previous provider, a specialist, an outside agency, etc. you will need to request records from them. The witness statement at the bottom of the document only applies if you are filling out the form in the office.

For Personal Use:

Any copies sent directly to you will be subject to a fee. Please contact our medical records department for further information. Records for personal use will be sent on a CD with instructions on how to access them sent separately.

For School and Daycare Use:

Please fill out the school information including fax number in box #6. If there is no fax number listed, we cannot send your records. If you are only releasing certain information, like the most recent physical and mediation information, please indicate what you would like shared in section #8. Do not check the “All health information” box and write “Only medication information and dosing” or “Only school physicals”, etc.

Transferring Care, Other Providers, and Government Agencies:

We will send records to other providers’ offices and government agencies on CD or by fax at no charge. Instructions on how to access them are mailed separately

Attorneys and for Legal Use:

Please use OCA Official Form no. 960 that can be found online at https://nycourts.gov/forms/hipaa_fillable.pdf There will be a charge for these records.

Authorization for Release of Health Information

(Including Alcohol/Drug Treatment and Mental Health Information) and Confidential HIV/AID related Information

Patient Name:

Date of Birth:

Patient Identification Number:

I, or my authorized representative, request that health information regarding my care and treatment be released as set forth on this form. I understand that:

This authorization may include disclosure of information relating to ALCOHOL and DRUG TREATMENT, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, and CONFIDENTIAL HIV/AIDSRELATED INFORMATION only if I place my initials on the appropriate line in item 8. In the event the health information described below includes any of these types of information, and I initial the line on the box in Item 8, I specifically authorize release of such information to the person(s) indicated in Item 6.
With some exceptions, health information once disclosed may be redisclosed by the recipient. If I am authorizing the release of HIV/AIDSrelated, alcohol or drug treatment, or mental health treatment information, the recipient is prohibited from redisclosing such information or using the disclosed information for any other purpose without my authorization unless permitted to do so under federal or state law. If I experience discrimination because of the release or disclosure of HIV/AIDSrelated information, I may contact the New York State Division of Human Rights at 18883923644. This agency is responsible for protecting my rights.
I have the right to revoke this authorization at any time by writing to the provider listed below in Item 5. I understand that I may revoke this authorization except to the extent that action has already been taken based on this authorization.
Signing this authorization is voluntary. I understand that generally my treatment, payment, enrollment in a health plan, or eligibility for benefits will not be conditional upon my authorization of this disclosure. However, I do understand that I may be denied treatment in some circumstances if I do not sign this consent.

5. Name, Address, and Fax number of Entity to Release this Information:

6. Name, Address, and Fax Number of Person(s) to Whom this information Will Be Disclosed:

7. Purpose for Release of Information:

8. Unless previously revoked by me, the specific information below may be disclosed from:

INSERT START DATE

Until INSERT EXPIRATION DATE OR EVENT

All health information (written and oral), except:

For the following to be included, indicate the specific information to be disclosed and initial below.

Records from alcohol/drug treatment programs

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Clinical records from mental health programs*

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HIV/AIDS related Information

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9. If not the patient, Name of person signing form:

10. Authority to sign on behalf of patient:

All items on this form have been completed, my questions about this form have been answered and I have been provided a copy of the form.

DISCLAIMER: By typing your name below, you are signing this form electronically. You agree your electronic signature is the legal equivalent of your manual signature on this application.

SIGNATURE OF PATIENT OR REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORIZED BY LAW

Date

This form may be used in place of DOH2557 and has been approved by the NYS Office of Mental Health and NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to permit release of health information. However, this form does not require health care providers to release health information. Alcohol/drug treatmentrelated information or confidential HIVrelated information released through this form must be accompanied by the required statements regarding prohibition of redisclosure.

*Note: Information from mental health clinical records may be released pursuant to this authorization to the parties identified herein who have a demonstrable need for the information, provided that the disclosure will not reasonably be expected to be detrimental to the patient or another person.

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