Glossary of Compliance

Compliance Glossary

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DHS

The Department of Human Services, or DHS, provides and sponsors many types of health and social services as well as determines persons’ eligibility to receive those services. They collect personal and health information about you and/or your family, which is kept private and called “protected health information.”

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