Howard County Health Department
Information Center

Looking for affordable health care for yourself or your family?

Click the picture to learn more about what health insurance options are out there for you and your family. Visit the Healthy Howard Access Plan website at www.healthyhowardplan.org.

Veterans Administration To Offer Health Care to Previously Ineligible Veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will re-open enrollment in its health care system in July 2009 to about 265,000 veterans whose incomes exceed current limits.

Visit the VA's website at www.va.gov and look for "VA Health Care Eligibility & Enrollment"

Urgent Care and Health Care Centers in Howard County

Click here to find a list of all of the Urgent Care, Health Centers and Clinics located throughout the County. Many accept walk-in patients.

The MDCSL is an interactive online directory developed to assist community members in locating community services. It allows users to get organizational contact information and other details, map resources by location, and get instant directions to programs. Click the logo to see more.

Advance Directive Information

Click here for Information on Advance Directives
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Notice of Privacy Practices

The Howard County Health Department is committed to protecting the health information of all clients. In accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule, the following Notice of Privacy Practices is provided to all individuals that receive services from the Department.

Click here to view Privacy Practices (File is in RTF format, which can be opened in Microsoft Wordpad and most popular word processing packages.)