The Health Care Authority (HCA) has released the Washington State Confidentiality Toolkit for Providers, a resource for health care providers required to be compliant with HIPAA and other state laws (RCW 70.02 in particular).

The toolkit includes:

• Overview of HIPAA
• Overview of state privacy laws, in particular RCW 70.02
• Explanation of more protective state laws concerning mental health and sexually transmitted diseases
• State breach notification laws
• Chart summarizing Washington minor consent laws