Effective Date: 10/7/2026

Your Information. Your Rights. Our Responsibilities.

This notice explains how Brighter Beginnings Pediatric Therapy, LLC (“Brighter Beginnings,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) may use and disclose your protected health information (“PHI”), your rights regarding your PHI, and our responsibilities under HIPAA.

Please review it carefully.
 

YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to:

Get a copy of your health information.
You may request to inspect or receive a copy of your or your child's health information maintained by Brighter Beginnings, as permitted by law.

Ask us to correct your health information.
You may request correction of information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.

Request confidential communications.
You may ask us to contact you in a particular way or at a particular location.

Ask us to limit certain uses or disclosures.
You may request restrictions on how we use or share your PHI. We are not required to agree to every request, except where HIPAA requires otherwise.

Request a list of certain disclosures.
You may request an accounting of certain disclosures of your PHI as permitted by law.

Get a copy of this notice.
You may request a paper copy at any time. The current notice is also available on our Website.

Choose someone to act for you.
A parent, legal guardian, or other authorized representative may exercise applicable rights on behalf of a client.

File a complaint.
You may complain to Brighter Beginnings or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights if you believe your privacy rights have been violated. You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint.
 

HOW WE MAY USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

We may use or disclose PHI without your written authorization when permitted or required by HIPAA.

Treatment

We may use and disclose PHI to provide, coordinate, or manage your or your child's healthcare.

For example, we may use information from an occupational therapy evaluation to develop treatment goals and provide appropriate therapy.

Payment

We may use PHI to obtain or document payment for healthcare services.

Brighter Beginnings currently provides services on a private-pay basis and does not routinely bill health insurance.

Healthcare Operations

We may use PHI for activities necessary to operate our practice and maintain the quality of our services, such as administrative activities, quality improvement, record review, compliance, and business planning.
 

Other Permitted or Required Uses

We may also use or disclose PHI when permitted or required by law, including certain circumstances involving:

• Public health activities

• Suspected abuse or neglect

• Health oversight

• Court orders or other legal processes

• Law enforcement

• Serious threats to health or safety

• Workers' compensation

We may also disclose relevant information to a parent, guardian, caregiver, or other person involved in a client's care or payment when permitted by law.
 

USES THAT REQUIRE YOUR AUTHORIZATION

We will obtain your written authorization when HIPAA requires authorization for a use or disclosure of PHI.

This includes certain uses of PHI for:

• Marketing

• Other uses or disclosures not otherwise permitted by HIPAA

If you provide an authorization, you may generally revoke it in writing to the extent permitted by law.

Brighter Beginnings does not sell PHI.
 

COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC SERVICES

We may communicate with you about appointments, services, scheduling, payment, and other matters related to your care.

Communications may occur by telephone, email, text message, or other available communication methods.

You may request confidential communications in an alternative manner.

Brighter Beginnings uses Wix's HIPAA-enabled services for applicable PHI handled through supported Website features. We have activated Wix's PHI protection and entered into a Business Associate Agreement with Wix. Wix notes that HIPAA compliance depends on the specific configuration and use of the Website and its applications, so we use HIPAA-supported features and appropriate safeguards when handling PHI electronically.

Our Website Privacy Policy provides additional information about general information collected through the Website.
 

NEVADA PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS

In addition to federal HIPAA requirements, Brighter Beginnings complies with applicable Nevada requirements governing occupational therapy records and healthcare records.

Nevada occupational therapy regulations require occupational therapists to maintain patient records containing medical or treatment information in a secure and confidential manner and restrict disclosure of confidential patient records except as authorized by law.

Nevada law also establishes requirements concerning the retention, inspection, copying, and destruction of healthcare records. Healthcare records are generally retained for at least five years, and Nevada law provides additional protections for records of individuals who have not reached age 23.

Brighter Beginnings will comply with applicable federal and Nevada requirements when maintaining, releasing, retaining, or destroying healthcare records.
 

OUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Brighter Beginnings is required by law to:

• Maintain the privacy and security of PHI

• Provide you with this notice describing our privacy practices and legal duties

• Follow the terms of the current notice

• Notify affected individuals as required by law if a breach of unsecured PHI occurs

• Provide you with information about exercising your privacy rights

We may change this notice. If we make a material change to our privacy practices, we will update the notice and make the revised version available as required by law.
 

QUESTIONS OR PRIVACY COMPLAINTS

If you have questions about this notice, want to exercise a privacy right, or have a privacy complaint, contact:

Brighter Beginnings Pediatric Therapy, LLC
emial: info@bbptherapy.com

You may also contact the:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office for Civil Rights

You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint.