NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 39
Players’ Rights To Medical Care and Treatment

Section 19(b)(iii)(E)
Behavioral Health Program

(b)(iii)(E)

Be allotted space conducive to privacy and confidentiality in the Club’s facility for direct service provision and consultation to Players and the space and resources necessary to maintain the confidentiality of any and all electronic and paper Mental Health Records in a manner that complies with applicable laws, including but not limited to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended (“HIPAA”) and the Americans With Disabilities Act (the “ADA”),. The Team Clinician shall also be permitted access to any part of the Club facility accessible by Players. Should the Team Clinician, or any member of the Club, learn of an unauthorized disclosure of a Player’s mental health prescription record that results in the disclosure of such confidential information to an individual other than the Head Internal Medicine Physician or Team Clinician, the individual learning of such an unauthorized disclosure shall immediately bring notice of this unauthorized disclosure to the attention of the Head Team Physician, Team President, the NFL Chief Medical Officer and the NFLPA Medical Director.