Privacy Policy - State of Mind Mental Health & Consultation Services, P.C.
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How We Collect Information About You:
State of Mind Mental Health & Consultation Services, P.C. (SMMHCSPC) and
its employees and volunteers collect data through a variety of means
including but not necessarily limited to letters, phone calls, emails,
voice mails, and from the submission of applications that is either
required by law, or necessary to process applications or other requests
for assistance through our organization.
What We Do Not Do With Your Information:
Information about your financial situation and medical conditions and
care that you provide to us in writing, via email, on the phone
(including information left on voice mails), contained in or attached to
applications, or directly or indirectly given to us, is held in
strictest confidence.
We do not give out, exchange, barter, rent,
sell, lend, or disseminate any information about applicants or clients
who apply for or actually receive our services that is considered
patient confidential, is restricted by law, or has been specifically
restricted by a patient/client in a signed HIPAA consent form.
How We Do Use Your Information:
Information is only used as is reasonably necessary to process your
application or to provide you with health or counseling services which
may require communication between SMMHCSPC and health care providers,
medical product or service providers, pharmacies, insurance companies,
and other providers necessary to: verify your medical information is
accurate; determine the type of medical supplies or any health care
services you need including, but not limited to; or to obtain or
purchase any type of medical supplies, devices, medications, insurance,
If you apply or attempt to apply to receive
assistance through us and provide information with the intent or purpose
of fraud or that results in either an actual crime of fraud for any
reason including willful or un-willful acts of negligence whether
intended or not, or in any way demonstrates or indicates attempted
fraud, your non-medical information can be given to legal authorities
including police, investigators, courts, and/or attorneys or other legal
professionals, as well as any other information as permitted by law.
Information We Do Not Collect:
We do not use cookies on our website to collect date from our site
visitors. We do not collect information about site visitors except for
one hit counter on the main index page (http://stateofmindillinois.com)
that simply records the number of visitors and no other data. We do use
some affiliate programs that may or may not capture traffic date through
our site. To avoid potential data capture that you visited a diabetes
website simply do not click on any of our outside affiliate links.
Limited Right to Use Non-Identifying
Personal Information From Biographies, Letters, Notes, and Other
Sources: Any pictures, stories, letters, biographies,
correspondence, or thank you notes sent to us become the exclusive
property of SMMHCSPC. We reserve the right to use non-identifying
information about our clients (those who receive services or goods from
or through us) for fundraising and promotional purposes that are
directly related to our mission.
Clients will not be compensated for use of
this information and no identifying information (photos, addresses,
phone numbers, contact information, last names or uniquely identifiable
names) will be used without client’s express advance permission.
You may specifically request that NO
information be used whatsoever for promotional purposes, but you must
identify any requested restrictions in writing. We respect your right to
privacy and assure you no identifying information or photos that you
send to us will ever be publicly used without your direct or indirect
consent.