!!! Overview [{$pagename}] ([United States Department of Health and Human Services] ([HHS]) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces [federal|United States federal government] [Civil Rights] [laws], conscience and religious freedom laws, the [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] ([HIPAA]) [Privacy], [Security], and Breach Notification Rules, and the Patient Safety Act and Rule, which together protect your fundamental rights of nondiscrimination, conscience, religious freedom, and health information privacy. [{$pagename}] protects your rights by: * Teaching health and social service workers about civil rights laws, conscience and religious freedom laws, health information privacy, and [patient] safety [confidentiality] [laws]. * Educating communities about civil rights, conscience and religious freedom rights, and health information privacy rights. * Investigating civil rights, conscience and religious freedom, health information privacy, and patient safety confidentiality complaints to identify [discrimination] or violation of the law and taking action to correct problems. !! More Information There might be more information for this subject on one of the following: [{ReferringPagesPlugin before='*' after='\n' }] ---- * [#1] - [Office for Civil Rights HHS|https://www.hhs.gov/ocr/about-us/index.html?language=es|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2019-09-02