Standard documents

This is a list of all standard documents published by PLC. All standard documents have links to related drafting notes and are regularly updated by PLC editors.

For information on converting PLC standard documents into your firm's style, see PLC Firmstyle (www.practicallaw.com/A30700).

Health and Life Sciences

Certificate of Group Health Plan Coverage

A model certificate of group health plan coverage to be furnished under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) by a group health plan (or health insurer) to a covered individual whose coverage under the plan terminates. This Standard Document is based on a model published by the Department of Labor and has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips.

HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

A sample notice from a covered entity that is a group health plan to an individual explaining the plan's privacy practices and how it may use and disclose the individual's protected health information. This notice is designed to comply with the requirements of HIPAA but does not address any applicable state law requirements. This Standard Document has integrated drafting notes with important explanations and drafting tips. This Standard Document is in the process of being updated for final HIPAA regulations issued in January 2013.

HIPAA Request for Accounting of Disclosures

A sample form for an individual to request a HIPAA covered entity (which includes health plans) to provide an accounting of disclosures of protected health information that were made by the covered entity. This form is designed to comply with HIPAA but does not address any applicable state law requirements. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips.

HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices Acknowledgment Form

A sample form from an individual to a covered entity acknowledging that the individual received the covered entity's Notice of Privacy Practices, as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). This form does not address any applicable state law privacy requirements. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips.

HIPAA Business Associate Agreement

A model agreement between an entity subject to HIPAA's privacy and security rules and its business associate, providing for the safeguarding of protected health information received or created on behalf of the entity. This Standard Document has integrated drafting notes with important explanations and drafting tips. This Standard Document is in the process of being updated for final HIPAA regulations issued in January 2013.

HIPAA Business Associate Policy

A sample Business Associate Policy to be adopted by a covered entity to set out its policies and procedures for addressing business associate contract requirements imposed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. This Standard Document has integrated drafting notes with important explanations and drafting tips. This Standard Document is in the process of being updated for final HIPAA regulations issued in January 2013.

HIPAA Authorization for Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information

A sample form to be provided by an individual to a covered entity authorizing the covered entity to use or disclose protected health information for certain purposes. This authorization is designed to comply with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) but does not address any applicable state law requirements. This Standard Document has integrated notes and important explanations and drafting tips. This Standard Document is in the process of being updated for final HIPAA regulations issued in January 2013.

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