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HIPPA and medical bills? UPDATE
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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 4312" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>TM - there's the dilemma. I'm already his guardian by virtue of having given birth to him 14 long years ago. I don't lose guardianship until he hits 18, at which time we file in court to retain guardianship due to the severity of his disability. At that point, I wouldn't be having this problem, but in their infinite wisdom the lawmakers have put parents of mentally ill teens between the ages of 12 and 18 into complete and utter limbo. </p><p></p><p>I may have found a loophole or two - who'd have thunk I'd be spending a lovely summer afternoon reading IL statues. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> First of all, a minor has to be *16* in order to sign himself into a hospital without parental consent. For outpatient, the age is 12, but they can only have five outpatient sessions before parental consent is required.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, insurance company is requesting confidential information that I do have access to because, obviously, I am his guardian (duhhhhhh). They are in essence *violating* HIPPA in order to enforce it. My morning reading tomorrow will be the actual HIPPA law (since it seems it will be a thorn in my side for quite a long time), highlighting the appropriate passages and then advising my insurance company that they can either deal with- me or deal with- an OCR complaint (and what genius put OCR in charge of HIPPA???)</p><p></p><p>I have called my state senator and rep, the atty general, the advocacy and guardianship office, Office of Consumer Health, IL insurance Hotline, and OCR. Tomorrow I'm calling the IL Dept of Mental Health. The really sad/funny thing is that no one believes me when I tell them the age of consent in IL is *12*. The ladies in both my rep's office and the atty general's office were I think genuinely appalled at this bologna. </p><p></p><p>Another thought is just to have thank you call the insurance company.... bwa-ha-ha-ha. Wouldn't that be the conversation... </p><p></p><p>Sue</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 4312, member: 8"] TM - there's the dilemma. I'm already his guardian by virtue of having given birth to him 14 long years ago. I don't lose guardianship until he hits 18, at which time we file in court to retain guardianship due to the severity of his disability. At that point, I wouldn't be having this problem, but in their infinite wisdom the lawmakers have put parents of mentally ill teens between the ages of 12 and 18 into complete and utter limbo. I may have found a loophole or two - who'd have thunk I'd be spending a lovely summer afternoon reading IL statues. :rolleyes: First of all, a minor has to be *16* in order to sign himself into a hospital without parental consent. For outpatient, the age is 12, but they can only have five outpatient sessions before parental consent is required. Secondly, insurance company is requesting confidential information that I do have access to because, obviously, I am his guardian (duhhhhhh). They are in essence *violating* HIPPA in order to enforce it. My morning reading tomorrow will be the actual HIPPA law (since it seems it will be a thorn in my side for quite a long time), highlighting the appropriate passages and then advising my insurance company that they can either deal with- me or deal with- an OCR complaint (and what genius put OCR in charge of HIPPA???) I have called my state senator and rep, the atty general, the advocacy and guardianship office, Office of Consumer Health, IL insurance Hotline, and OCR. Tomorrow I'm calling the IL Dept of Mental Health. The really sad/funny thing is that no one believes me when I tell them the age of consent in IL is *12*. The ladies in both my rep's office and the atty general's office were I think genuinely appalled at this bologna. Another thought is just to have thank you call the insurance company.... bwa-ha-ha-ha. Wouldn't that be the conversation... Sue [/QUOTE]
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