DHS 35 - Client Rights & Confidentiality
Resources for Outpatient Mental Health Clinics

Considerations regarding use of the documents on this DHS 35 webpage

• DHS - Client Rights Office (CRO) - review thoroughly; this page contains a lot of information including links to:
• Rights of Clients of Licensed Mental Health Professionals
• Minors - Outpatient Mental Health Treatment
• Community Grievance Decision Digest - which links to a page that contains summaries of relevant laws and decisions made via the State Grievance Examiner in the CRO and the Administrator of the DMHSAS
• Children's Rights Brochure (see also DHS-CRO Pamphlet for Community Outpatient)
• Client Rights Brochure (see also DHS-CRO Pamphlet for Community Outpatient)
• Consumer Rights and Grievance Processes
• Client Rights Summary - posted 07.2011
• Client Rights Summary Simplified - revised 01.2012
• Joint Notice of Privacy Practices – English (also available under FORMS)
• Business Associate Agreement form - includes new HITECH ACT requirements, provided by HIPAA Collaborative of Wisconsin - - Hipaacow.org - (more under Other Resources below)
• DHS - Consent to Treat forms (see DHS Resources: HFS)
• DCATS - Consent & Privacy forms (see DHS Resources: DCATS)

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