HIPAA Compliance Officer
The HIPAA Compliance Officer (HCO) ensures the county's compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as well as other state and federal health data protections and information privacy regulations and laws by overseeing the county-wide HIPAA security and privacy programs.
The HCO’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Working with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Officers within county agencies to standardize the implementation of HIPAA regulations.
- Conducting HIPAA compliance evaluations and Security Risk Assessments of county agencies with covered functions.
- Reviewing, revising, and establishing, as necessary, county-wide HIPAA policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Developing, implementing and documenting HIPAA Security Awareness and Privacy training for all affected county employees.
- Working with the County Attorney and Department of Information Technology (DIT) Information Security Office (ISO) to ensure that the county's policies/procedures and information system security conform with HIPAA, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and other privacy regulations for best practices, procedures and technical implications.
- Receiving complaints into violations of HIPAA policy and conducting required follow up/investigations.
HIPAA Privacy Officers
Covered entities must also designate a "contact person or office" to be responsible for providing information, receiving complaints and handling the administration of requests for records access, amendments, disclosure accountings, supplemental protections, confidential communications, etc.
Fairfax County's Health Plan and covered agencies have designated HIPAA contacts for the handling of administrative requests for information:
- Community Services Board Privacy Officer: 703-324-5193, TTY 711, CSBMEDICALRECORDS@FAIRFAXCOUNTY.GOV
- Fire and Rescue Department Privacy Officer: 571-544-2363 TTY 711, Fire.hipaa@fairfaxcounty.gov
- Health Department Privacy Officer: 703-246-8634, TTY 711, Health@fairfaxcounty.gov
- Health Plan Privacy Officer: 703-324-3311, TTY 711, DHRBenefitsDivision@fairfaxcounty.gov | Employee Benefit Laws
- Neighborhood and Community Services, Adult Day Health Care Privacy Officer: 571-585-2790, TTY 711 | Marjorie.Burris@fairfaxcounty.gov
- Sheriff’s Office, Medical Branch Privacy Officer: 703-246-4459, TTY 711
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Last Updated: 2/17/26