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HHC Confidentiality Policy and Lesson Plan

Posted 5.26.06

Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), which runs the public hospitals in New York City, will honor every patients right to privacy and will keep confidential all information regarding immigration status.

  • Click here for an open letter to immigrant New Yorkers from HHC and the Mayors Office of Immigrant Affairs, which explains HHCs policy.
  • Click here for a lesson plan to use with your students to educate them about HHCs confidentiality policy.