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Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Disclosed Sep 9, 201115 years ago1,696 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

An unencrypted laptop was stolen from an employee's vehicle. The laptop contained the ePHI of 1,696 patients. The information at issue included patient names, dates of birth, gender, Medicaid identification numbers, procedure codes and diagnosis. Following discovery of the breach, the CE notified affected patients and notified the media. Following the breach, the CE confirmed encryption of laptops per CE's policy and sanctioned three involved employees. \

What is known

People affected1,696 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedSep 9, 2011
AttackLost or stolen device
Data exposedNames, Health
SectorInsurance · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
HHS archivetotalSep 9, 20111,696

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Disclosed Jan 16, 2025Jan 16, 20251 year agoHacking68K
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History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

First seen 2026-09-25 (HHS archive), confirmed by HHS OCR. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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