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OCR HIPAA Breach Portal · October 5, 2026 · Primary source

OCR HIPAA Breach: Franklin/Fulton Mental Health/Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities/Early Intervention, PA, 640 affected, Hacking/IT Incident

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Summary

Franklin/Fulton Mental Health/Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities/Early Intervention, a Pennsylvania healthcare provider, reported a HIPAA breach to the HHS Office for Civil Rights on October 5, 2026, affecting 640 individuals. The breach involved a hacking or IT incident with email as the location of compromised information, and no business associate was involved. OCR's public listing of the breach is required under HITECH Act Section 13402(e)(4) for breaches affecting 500 or more individuals.

What this may mean

The breach is now on OCR's public wall of shame, triggering the possibility of an OCR investigation, resolution agreement, or civil monetary penalty against this Pennsylvania behavioral health and developmental disabilities provider. The incident affects 640 individuals and involves email-based PHI exposed through a hacking event, a vector OCR has scrutinized in recent enforcement actions. No corrective action plan or settlement has been announced.

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