Your Information. Your Rights. Our Responsibilities.
This notice describes how information about you (including Protected Health Information or PHI, such as diagnoses or behavioral details) may be used and disclosed, and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
Innovative Behavior Consulting (a DBA of Camille Renee BCBA LLC) is not a covered entity under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and does not provide Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy or medical services. Our support is for educational purposes only, focused on family-centered, preferences-driven strategies to promote harmony and skill development for children and young adults (ages 2–21) with autism or ADHD. However, we voluntarily follow HIPAA-like standards for any PHI we receive to ensure the highest level of privacy and confidentiality, in accordance with BACB ethical guidelines and Oregon state law.
Your Rights
You have the right to:
• Get a copy of your paper or electronic records
• Correct your paper or electronic records
• Request confidential communication
• Ask us to limit the information we share
• Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared your information
• Get a copy of this privacy notice
• Choose someone to act for you
• File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated
Your Choices
You have some choices in the way that we use and share information as we:
• Tell family and friends about your child’s condition (with your permission)
• Provide disaster relief
• Provide behavioral support (for educational purposes only)
• Market our services (we do not use or sell your information for marketing)
• Raise funds (we do not engage in fundraising using your information)
Our Uses and Disclosures
We may use and share your information as we:
• Support you educationally
• Run our organization
• Bill for your services (private-pay only; no insurance sharing)
• Help with public health and safety issues
• Comply with the law
• Work with a medical examiner or funeral director (if applicable)
• Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests
• Respond to lawsuits and legal actions
To the extent that we have your substance use disorder patient records, subject to 42 CFR part 2, we will not share that information for investigations or legal proceedings against you without (1) your written consent or (2) a court order and a subpoena.
Your Rights
When it comes to your information, you have certain rights. This section explains your rights and some of our responsibilities to help you.
Get a copy of your paper or electronic records
• You can ask to see or get an electronic or paper copy of your records and other information we have about you. Ask us how to do this.
• We will provide a copy or a summary of your records, usually within 30 days of your request. We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee.
Correct your paper or electronic records
• You can ask us to correct records that you think are incorrect or incomplete. Ask us how to do this.
• We may say “no” to your request, but we’ll tell you why in writing within 60 days.
Request confidential communication
• You can ask us to contact you in a specific way (for example, home or office phone) or to send mail to a different address.
• We will say “yes” to all reasonable requests.
Ask us to limit what we use or share
• You can ask us not to use or share certain information for our educational support, payment, or our operations. We are not required to agree to your request, and we may say “no” if it would affect our support.
• If you pay for a service or item out-of-pocket in full, you can ask us not to share that information with anyone else. We will say “yes” unless a law requires us to share that information.
Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared information
• You can ask for a list (accounting) of the times we’ve shared your information for six years prior to the date you ask, who we shared it with, and why.
• We will include all the disclosures except for those about support, payment, operations, and certain other disclosures (such as any you asked us to make). We’ll provide one accounting a year for free but will charge a reasonable, cost-based fee if you ask for another one within 12 months.
Get a copy of this privacy notice
• You can ask for a paper copy of this notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive the notice electronically. We will provide you with a paper copy promptly.
Choose someone to act for you
• If you have given someone medical power of attorney or if someone is your legal guardian, that person can exercise your rights and make choices about your information.
• We will make sure the person has this authority and can act for you before we take any action.
File a complaint if you feel your rights are violated
• You can complain if you feel we have violated your rights by contacting us using the information on page 1.
• You can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights by sending a letter to 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, calling 1-877-696-6775, or visiting www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/.
• We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Your Choices
For certain information, you can tell us your choices about what we share. If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us. Tell us what you want us to do, and we will follow your instructions.
In these cases, you have both the right and choice to tell us to:
• Share information with your family, close friends, or others involved in your support
• Share information in a disaster relief situation
• Include your information in a directory (not applicable to our services)
If you are not able to tell us your preference, for example if you are unconscious, we may go ahead and share your information if we believe it is in your best interest. We may also share your information when needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.
In these cases we never share your information unless you give us written permission:
• Marketing purposes
• Sale of your information
• Most sharing of psychotherapy notes (not applicable to our services)
• Fundraising purposes
Our Uses and Disclosures
How do we typically use or share your information?
We typically use or share your information in the following ways.
Support you educationally
We can use your information and share it with other professionals who are supporting you.
Example activities We can use your information to develop personalized strategies and share it with you or, with your consent, your child’s school or pediatrician.
Run our organization
We can use and share your information to run our practice, improve our support, and contact you when necessary.
Example activities: We can use your information to bill you for our services and track progress internally.
Bill for your services
We can use and share your information to bill and get payment from you (private-pay only).
Example activities: We can send you an invoice or share payment details with a secure processor.
How else can we use or share your information?
We are allowed or required to share your information in other ways – usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research. We have to meet many conditions in the law before we can share your information for these purposes. For more information see: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/index.html.
Help with public health and safety issues
We can share information about you for certain situations such as:
• Preventing disease
• Helping with product recalls
• Reporting adverse reactions to medications
• Reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence
• Preventing or reducing a serious threat to anyone’s health or safety
Do research
We can use or share your information for health research (de-identified only).
Comply with the law
We will share information about you if state or federal laws require it, including with the Department of Health and Human Services if it wants to see that we’re complying with federal privacy law.
Respond to organ and tissue donation requests
We can share information with organ procurement organizations (if applicable, but not typically for our services).
Work with a medical examiner or funeral director
We can share information with a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director when an individual dies.
Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests
We can use or share information about you:
• For workers’ compensation claims
• For law enforcement purposes or with a law enforcement official
• With health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law
• For special government functions such as military, national security, and presidential protective services
Respond to lawsuits and legal actions
We can share information about you in response to a court or administrative order, or in response to a subpoena.
Changes to the Terms of this Notice
We can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new notice will be available upon request, in our office, and on our website.
Other Instructions for Notice
• Effective Date: March 10, 2026• Privacy Contact: Camille R W Silva, M.Ed.,
BCBA, LBA, Founder & Lead Consultant
Email: cr@camillereneebcba.com
Phone: (503)-433-4534
We never market or sell personal information.
We do not provide medical treatment or ABA therapy; our services are educational only.
The Privacy Rule requires you to describe any state or other laws that require greater limits on disclosures. In Oregon, we follow additional protections under state law for sensitive information, including behavioral health data. We will not share your behavioral health records without your written consent, except as required by law (e.g., mandatory reporting).