Confidentiality Updates: 42 CFR Part 2 and HIPAA - May 7, 2025

A 6-Hour Training with Jacqui Abikoff, LICSW, MLADC

8:30am-4:00pm

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150, Concord, NH 03301

Presentation: Changes in confidentiality regulations and a changing healthcare landscape demanding increase integration of behavioral and physical healthcare make it critical for substance use disorder and mental health practitioners to have a firm grasp of the rules and laws that govern their practice in order to ensure the confidentiality and privacy of the clients they serve.  Managed care, duty to warn issues, mandated reporting, the growing number of mandated clients, the increase in integrated healthcare delivery networks, the growing partnerships between treatment and criminal justice, and the litigious nature of our society add additional stress to this requirement.  This workshop will examine the recent changes in the Federal Confidentiality Regulations governing Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (42 C.F.R. Part 2) and the areas of conflict between these regulations and HIPAA.  The practical application of these regulations will be examined with respect to integrated care networks, electronic health records, Health Information Organizations, managed care, client safety issues, duty to warn, subpoenas and court orders.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss the most recent changes to the Federal Confidentiality Rules (42 CFR Part 2);
2. Describe how the recent changes to the Federal Confidentiality Rules impact client privacy and counselor responsibility;
3. Identify differences between HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2 and how to reconcile them in practice; and
4. Examine their own beliefs about client care, client right to privacy and informed consent.

6 Contact Hours Available

CRSW Performance Domains: 2
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 12-13
Certified Prevention Specialist Domains: 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist (Category A) 

NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.