Atttorney 4- Open Records Officer/HIPAA Specialist 00056585

Salary: $59,331.12 - $85,000.00 Annually
Location : Atlanta, GA
Job Type: Full-Time Salaried
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 2023-04109
Division: Office of General Counsel
Opening Date: 12/28/2023
Closing Date: 1/11/2024 11:59 PM Eastern
Description
Pay Grade: N
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) is one of Georgia's four health agencies serving the state's growing population of over 10 million people. DCH serves as the lead agency for Medicaid, oversees the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) and Healthcare Facility Regulation, impacting one in four Georgians.
Through effective planning, purchasing and oversight, DCH provides access to affordable, quality health care to millions of Georgians, including some of the state's most vulnerable and under-served populations. Six enterprise offices support the work of the agency's three program divisions. DCH employees are based in Atlanta, Cordele and across the state.
DCH is committed to providing superior Customer Service and Communication, embracing Teamwork and fostering Accountability to ensure that our internal and external customers and stakeholders feel included, respected, engaged and secure.
The Office of General Counsel is seeking an Open Records Officer for the Office of General Counsel. The Selected candidate must licensed to practice law in the state of Georgia.
Job Responsibilities

• Pursuant to Georgia's Open Records Act, reviews and analyzes requests for public records from attorneys, the media, and other parties. Provides internal legal guidance for the retrieval, review, and distribution of Open Records. Determines whether Open Records are subject to redaction or withholding due to a legal exception.
• Corresponds daily with DCH program administrators, outside vendors, and requesting parties to coordinate fulfillment of Open Records Act requests. Maintains calendar and scheduling of Open Records Act requests. Maintains database of all requests with supporting documentation in Department's electronic repository.
• Performs a detailed review and analysis of responsive records before disclosure to remove/redact any exempt contents such as trade secret data or protected health information. Coordinates responses to requests for production of documents and other legal requests. Processes and tracks payments for Open Records Requests.
• Serves as the Records Custodian for the agency involving at minimum, determining compliance with schedules for retention of records, determining substantive content of records for retention according to appropriate category, and certifying true and accurate copies as needed.
• Manages and supervises the pen records paralegal.
• Serves as the HIPAA Privacy & Security Specialist for the Department and supports the HIPAA Privacy & Security Officer. Duties include but are not limited to tracking, reporting, working with program/division/office liaisons to research and resolve potential incidences of breach, and reviewing and revising Business Associate Agreements and Data Use Agreements as needed. Maintains database of reported HIPAA incidents with supporting documentation; updates HIPAA incident logs as needed.
• May prepare/review proposed legislation and analyze the impact of the changes.
• Performs legal research and compiles data from references, digests, and law libraries. Gathers and analyzes data, statutes, decisions, legal articles, and documents.
• Creates, revises, and provides training within the Department to new and existing employees, and external parties doing business on behalf of the Department.
• Assists in the negotiation of conclusions to difficult, complex and/or sensitive issues.
• Performs job responsibilities with minimal supervision. Serves as job expert or organization resource in assigned areas.
• Responds appropriately to inquiries, requests for assistance, complaints, etc. from Department/division staff and external parties.
• Coordinates functions with those of other units/divisions to resolve problems and ensure quality of services to customers.
• Conducts legal research, and assists with varied agency assignments, including but not limited to administrative law hearings; contracts drafting, review, and/or negotiation; presiding over public notice hearings; and other assignments as delegated. Reviews various policies within the Department for legal sufficiency and revises accordingly.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications
Juris Doctorate from an accredited college or university AND license to practice law in the State of Georgia OR eligibility to sit for the next Georgia Bar examination followed by Georgia Bar exam passage and licensure to practice law in the State of Georgia within one (1) year of hiring OR reciprocity AND Three years of relevant legal experience OR Three years of experience required at the lower-level Attorney 3 (LEP022).
Additional Information
EARN MORE THAN A SALARY! In addition to a competitive salary, the Georgia Department of Community Health offers a generous benefits package, which includes employee retirement plan; paid holidays annually; vacation and sick leave; health, dental, vision, legal, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, health and child care spending account.
Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered, but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for next steps in the selection process. Applicants who are not selected will not receive notification.
THIS POSITION IS SUBJECT TO CLOSE AT ANY TIME ONCE A SATISFACTORY APPLICANT POOL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. APPLICATIONS WITHOUT WORK EXPERIENCE LISTED WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. CURRENT GEORGIA STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WILL BE SUBJECT TO STATE PERSONNEL BOARD (SPB) RULE PROVISIONS. THE POSITION MAY BE FILLED AT A LOWER OR HIGHER POSITION LEVEL.
This position is unclassified and employment is at-will. Candidates for this position are subject to
a background history, reference check, and credit check. For more information about this job
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In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a generous benefits package that includes a flexible schedule, training opportunities, employee retirement plan, deferred compensation, 13 paid holidays, vacation & sick leave, dental, vision, long term care, and life insurance.
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The answers you provide to the supplemental questions will be used to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Your responses pertaining to specific work experience and education must be clearly shown in the areas for work history and education on your application. Your application must be completed in full before it is submitted. We do not accept additional information after your application has been received by the Personnel Department. Do you accept these conditions?

• Yes
• No

02
Are you a current employee of the Georgia Department of Community Health or an attached agency?

• No
• Full Time Employee
• Part Time Employee
• Temp or Contractor
• Intern
• Volunteer

03
What is your highest level of education completed?

• Juris Doctorate
• Master's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Associates Degree
• Some College/Tech School
• High School Diploma
• GED
• None of the above

04
Do you have a current Georgia license to practice as an Attorney?

• Yes
• No

05
How many years of experience do you have working with Georgia's Open Records Act?

• None
• Less than one year
• 1 year
• 2 years
• 3 years or more

06
How many years of experience do you have in reviewing and preparing Open Records Requests (ORR)?

• None
• 1 - 2 years
• 2 - 3 years
• 3 - 4 years
• 4+ years

07
How many years of experience do you have working with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ?

• None
• Less than one year
• 1 year
• 2 year
• 3 year

08
How many years of experience do you have as a supervisor?

• None
• Less than 6 yrs
• 6 yrs to 10 yrs
• 10 yrs or more

Required Question