Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach Discovered in May 2024

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Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare (OBHC) has agreed to a settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that alleged the healthcare provider failed to adequately safeguard patients’ personal information, leading to a data breach discovered in May 2024.

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The Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on May 7, 2026. The deal covers all United States residents whose personally identifiable information or protected health information was compromised in the data breach discovered by OBHC in May 2024, including all those who received notice of the breach.

Court documents state that 26,429 individuals are covered by the OBHC settlement.

The court-approved website for the Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare class action settlement can be found at OkanoganDataSettlement.com.

OBHC settlement class members who submit a timely, valid claim form can receive up to $300 for documented “ordinary” losses incurred between May 13, 2024 and May 7, 2026 due to the data breach. This benefit covers out-of-pocket expenses, such as costs for bank fees, long-distance phone charges, cell phone charges if charged by the minute, postage and more.

Class members can also file a claim form to receive up to $5,000 for documented “extraordinary” losses incurred between May 13, 2024 and September 3, 2026. This benefit covers unreimbursed losses from fraud or identity theft due to the breach that are not covered by the ordinary-loss payment.

Class members must submit proof, such as receipts or bank statements, to receive documented-loss payments. 

Additionally, all class members can submit a claim form to receive two years of CyEx Medical Shield Complete, which includes credit monitoring and identity theft insurance.

In lieu of submitting a claim for credit monitoring, class members can file a claim to receive an alternative cash payment of $50 with no proof required.

Claims for an alternative cash payment may be combined with claims for ordinary and extraordinary losses, per the agreement.

To submit an OBHC claim form online, class members can head to this page and enter the unique ID and PIN found on their copy of the settlement notice. Alternatively, class members can download a PDF claim form to print, fill out and return by mail to the settlement administrator.

All Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare settlement claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked by September 3, 2026.

Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare has also agreed as part of the settlement to implement or maintain certain improvements to its data security, the costs of which will be paid by OBHC separately from the other settlement benefits.

The court will determine whether to grant the OBHC settlement final approval following a hearing on September 3, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval has been granted and any appeals have been resolved.

The Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare class action lawsuit alleged that the Washington-based behavioral healthcare provider failed to implement reasonable cybersecurity measures to prevent a data breach discovered in May 2024.

Per court documents, private information that may have been compromised in the breach includes names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license and other ID numbers, medical information, treatment information, diagnosis information and health insurance information.

Head to ClassAction.org’s settlements page for a complete list of data breach settlements.