--- title: HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices — Heiser Counseling url: https://heisercounseling.com/hipaa-notice canonical: https://heisercounseling.com/hipaa-notice effective: June 2026 required_by: 45 C.F.R. §164.520 --- # HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices — Heiser Counseling **THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.** **Effective:** June 2026 **Required by:** 45 C.F.R. §164.520 **Practice:** Heiser Counseling · Destany Schadder, LPC, R-DMT, MA **Contact:** [destany@heisercounseling.com](mailto:destany@heisercounseling.com) | [512-937-3991](tel:5129373991) Heiser Counseling is required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI), provide you with this notice, and abide by its terms. ## How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information **Treatment:** We may use and disclose PHI to provide treatment, coordinate care, or refer you to another provider. **Payment:** We may use and disclose PHI to obtain payment for services, including billing and collection. **Healthcare Operations:** We may use PHI for quality improvement, licensing, compliance, and business management. **Required or Permitted by Law:** We may disclose PHI without authorization for: - Mandatory reporting (child abuse, elder abuse, dependent adult abuse) - Duty to warn (serious and imminent threat to an identifiable person) - Court orders and valid legal process - Public health authorities as required by law - Law enforcement as required by law ## Uses Requiring Your Authorization Other disclosures require written authorization, including: - Disclosure to family, friends, or third parties - Marketing purposes - Sale of PHI - Psychotherapy notes (which receive special HIPAA protections) You may revoke authorization in writing at any time. ## Your Rights - **Access:** Inspect and obtain a copy of your PHI (reasonable fee may apply) - **Amend:** Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete PHI - **Accounting:** Request an accounting of disclosures made in the past six years - **Restrictions:** Request limits on use or disclosure (we are not always required to agree) - **Confidential Communications:** Request alternative contact methods - **Copy of this Notice:** Available upon request - **Breach Notification:** You will be notified of any breach of your unsecured PHI ## Our Duties We are required to maintain the privacy of your PHI, provide this notice, and abide by its current terms. We reserve the right to change this notice and will provide a revised copy when material changes are made. ## Complaints To file a complaint with us: **Destany Schadder, LPC, R-DMT, MA** 800 S. FM 1626, Suite 102, Buda, TX 78610 [destany@heisercounseling.com](mailto:destany@heisercounseling.com) | [512-937-3991](tel:5129373991) To file a complaint with HHS: Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201 [hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints](https://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/) You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint.