Jayne Weber Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, Us

Austin, Tx, Us

Develops and maintains a detailed understanding of the agency’s operations, internal policies, and customers; drives compliance inday-to-day activities, including creating and updating policies and providing training and counseling. Negotiates contracts. Servesas Ethics officer. Reviews proposed legislation.Coordinates legal direction and provides strategy related to stategovernment-operated public data center services program; provides counsel for regulatory and intellectual property matters,software licensing, and data security.

Assists Personnel team members in highly complex issues involving agency ethics and agency employeesAssists the HHSC contracting department with vendor contracts including procurement and negotiations relating to HHSC contractsSubject matter expert on agency Salesforce database platformManages legal intern program within the Office of Data GovernanceAdvises agency clients on the creation of policies and processes that both protect agency data and maximize its availability to serve agency clients and achieve strategic agency goals in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations. Reviews, negotiates and drafts interagency contracts, inter-local contracts and memoranda of understanding.Supports agency's compliance efforts including privacy and security, and identifying potential conflict of interests from both a legal and ethical perspective.Reviews and negotiates legally compliant data sharing agreements that facilitate distribution of data necessary for the agency functions, while safeguarding data from unauthorized disclosures.Assists agency clients and legal systems contracting attorneys with contract drafting and review where the contracts involve data sharing and management and licensing agreements.Trains program agency staff, attorneys and contractors regarding privacy, security and data governance.Provides legal counsel on enforcement activities for internal and contractor data incidents and breaches.Assists with litigation legal activities, including subpoena responses and confirming that litigation hold notices and processes are defensible and efficient.Provides legal advice to information security and privacy offices to decrease the risk of regulatory fines

• Performs highly complex attorney work in the area of Open Records, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Data Security and Personnel law for the Office of Chief Counsel• Collaborates with Information Security staff on cyber-security investigations, policies, procedures and risk analysis• Work involves overseeing and planning legal activities, preparing legal documents, interpreting laws and regulations, and rendering legal advice and counsel• Provides Continuing Legal Education and training for agency lawyers• Serves as subject matter expert on projects related to ethics, privacy, security and human resources.

• Provided advisory opinions on agency ethical issues• Developed curriculum for ethics-based training programs• Developed and wrote agency ethics policies• Assisted agency employees with agency ethical compliance and investigated ethical inquiries• Advised and facilitated the planning and implementation of the HHS System transformation under SB 200 (84R)

Served as sole privacy counsel for state agency.Provided ethics advice to agency staff concerning agency ethical matters.Implemented, planned and coordinated Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) responses to incidents where protected health information or personally identifiable information may have been compromisedWork involved reviewing, assessing, and reporting on the adequacy of DADS ethics programs, consumer privacy and consumer information security policies and controlsHandled special assignments regarding HIPAA, the Open Meetings Act, United States Copyright laws, agency peer review, and ethical matters

• Counseled agency management throughout the state on legal matters for the State Supported Living Centers; reviewed all employee dismissals; represented DADS in high volume of unemployment hearings and grievance hearings with administrative law judges; assisted in drafting responses to civil rights claims; brokered settlements and mediation when appropriate; reviewed legislation• Performed review of agency contracts• Conducted Peer Review seminars, hearings and provided legal advice on Peer Review policy• Trained employees on the grievance process• Analyzed and interpreted case law, statutes, and legislation for employment and mental health law related issues

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Health/Health Care Law, International Studies

Law, Law

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Speech Communication And Rhetoric

High School Diploma, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program