Are health records pulled through a SF-85?

SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A
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Or are you protected through HIPAA laws?

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You sign a Medical/Psychological release form and waive HIPPA

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Tier 1 SF85 investigations do not involve medical records checks and have no release.

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In what scenario did you do that?

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You don’t “waive HIPPA” . . . You allow the government access to certain health information. You are still protected by HIPPA and the information that the government gathers is protected in the same way.

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As far as I know I didn’t sign a medical release form.

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Excellent! Thank you for your response.

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It is one of the documents you electronically sign when you do your equip for the SF85P

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Marko, not on the original subject, but do Tier 5R investigations involve a medical records release? I don’t remember signing one…

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Yes, a medical release is standard along with the e-QIP certification and general release