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Jefferson County Health Center Data Breach Settlement

Settlement Amount
$150 or up to $300
Claim Deadline
November 16, 2026
Total Fund
$2.25 million
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Missouri only: you must have been notified. The class is Missouri residents who used the Jefferson County Health Center — the public health department for Jefferson County, Missouri — and who are on the class list the health center handed the administrator. There are more than two dozen Jefferson Counties in the United States, and this settlement covers exactly one of them. If you never received a breach notice from this health center, the settlement offers no route in. This is also a different case from the Jefferson, Blount and St. Clair Mental Health Authority data breach settlement, which is an Alabama matter against a different defendant — same first word, unrelated breach. Three things about the money are worth getting straight before you file. First, the $150 and the $300 are alternatives, not a package. The claim form makes you tick one box: the Fixed Cash Payment or the Reimbursement option. Nobody collects both, so the most any one person can claim is $300. Second, the $300 is a ceiling on the reimbursement option only. It does not cap the settlement, it does not cap the fixed payment, and it is not an amount you are handed — you get what you can document, up to $300, and nothing for what you cannot. Third, the $150 is an estimate rather than a promise. Settlement Agreement Section 3.5 adjusts every payment pro rata so that between 75% and 100% of the net fund reaches claimants, and says in terms that a class member “may ultimately receive less or more than the Fixed Cash Payment or Reimbursement amounts.” The claim form repeats it, calling the benefit “estimated to be $150.00.” With 115,940 people in the class and a net fund of roughly $1.3 million, a heavy claim rate pushes the figure below $150; a light one pushes it above.

Do I Qualify?

You may be eligible if:

Two different things are being asked of you, and only one of them is documentation. The $150 Fixed Cash Payment asks for no receipts and no evidence of harm. The notice and the claim form both state that supporting documentation is not required for that option — you tick the box, sign the attestation and send it in. The $300 Reimbursement option is the opposite: you must attach supporting evidence for every line you claim, including for lost time, which many settlements let you self-certify and this one does not. The claim form gives a worked example (a credit monitoring service bill) and asks you to identify what you are attaching and why, with a date and an amount for each cost. Losses must fall between the date of your breach notice and November 16, 2026 and must not have been reimbursed by anyone else. A failed reimbursement claim does not leave you with nothing. Under the Settlement Agreement, if a reimbursement claim is deficient and cannot be cured after a notice of deficient claim, the class member is told they have fourteen calendar days to make a claim for the Fixed Cash Payment instead. Class Counsel also has until the claims deadline, or fourteen days after the last bi-weekly rejected-claims report, whichever is later, to help a class member amend or resubmit a rejected form. Keep the notice the administrator mailed you. The claim form arrives pre-printed with a reference number and barcode, and its instructions refer to a Class Member ID you should quote when contacting the administrator. The blank printable form carries no Class Member ID field for you to fill in, so having lost the number does not stop you filing on paper. Every claim is signed under an attestation swearing the information is true and correct.

File your claim through the official settlement website at jeffersoncountybreachsettlement.com before November 16, 2026.

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What Happened?

Between October 31 and November 15, 2022, an unauthorized party accessed the systems of the Jefferson County Health Center, which does business as the Jefferson County Health Department — the public health agency serving Jefferson County, Missouri. The Settlement Agreement defines the Data Security Incident as the cybersecurity incident that impacted the health center over those dates, and the Class Period as the same October 31 to November 15, 2022 window, discovered on or about November 15, 2022. Patients' protected health information, personal information and financial information were alleged to have been exposed.

Plaintiffs sued, alleging the health center was negligent, breached its contract with patients, breached their confidence, violated the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and breached its fiduciary duty of confidentiality by failing to safeguard their protected health information. A companion case brought by Candice Gurley in Jefferson County Circuit Court, number 23JE-CC00466, was consolidated into the action on October 2, 2023. The health center denies the allegations and any wrongdoing, and argues that as a political subdivision of the State of Missouri it enjoys sovereign immunity from liability.

The case was litigated rather than settled early. The health center moved to dismiss on May 5, 2023 and the Court denied the motion on June 28, 2023. Plaintiffs moved for class certification on October 10, 2024 and the Court granted it on May 27, 2025, appointing Bradford B. Lear and Todd C. Werts of Lear Werts LLP as Class Counsel. The consolidated case is J.D., et al. v. Jefferson County Health Center d/b/a Jefferson County Health Department, Case No. 2622-CC00457, in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri.

On September 10, 2026 the Court preliminarily approved a settlement under which the health center pays $2,250,000 into a non-reversionary fund — the Settlement Agreement states that in no event shall any part of the fund revert to or be refunded to the defendant. The Court set the Fairness Hearing for December 10, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. in Division 17 of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, 10 North Tucker Boulevard. No final approval order has been entered, and the notice says payments follow roughly 60 calendar days after final approval, later if anyone appeals.

How to File Your Claim

  1. FILE ONLINE AT WWW.JEFFERSONCOUNTYBREACHSETTLEMENT.COM — the court-authorized notice names this as the settlement website and it is run by Kroll Settlement Administration LLC. Filing is free. The site also hosts the Settlement Agreement, the long form notice, the preliminary approval order and the printable claim form
  2. OR FILE ON PAPER. Download the claim form from the settlement website, complete it in blue or black ink, sign it and mail it to Settlement Administrator - 83479, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391. A mailed form must be POSTMARKED by November 16, 2026, not received by it
  3. TICK EXACTLY ONE BENEFIT BOX. Section III of the claim form is the Fixed Cash Payment and Section IV is the Reimbursement option. They are alternatives — marking both is not a way to get more
  4. IF YOU GO FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT, ATTACH THE EVIDENCE WITH THE FORM. The form has a table for cost type, approximate date of loss, amount and a description of the supporting documentation you are attaching. A claim with no attachments is a claim you can expect to be called deficient
  5. NOVEMBER 16, 2026 IS THREE DEADLINES AT ONCE. It is the last day to file a claim, the last day to postmark an exclusion request and the last day to file and serve an objection. The notice gives no time of day or time zone for the online cutoff, so do not leave it to the final evening
  6. DO NOT SEND BOTH A CLAIM FORM AND AN EXCLUSION REQUEST. The notice says in capitals that if you submit both, your claim form will be disregarded. Exclusion requests must be signed and mailed — the notice states you cannot exclude yourself by telephone or email
  7. IF YOU OBJECT, YOU HAVE TO TURN UP. The notice requires any objector to appear at the December 10, 2026 Fairness Hearing in person or through counsel, and to file the objection with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis and mail copies to Class Counsel and both defence firms
  8. Visit the official claim form: https://www.jeffersoncountybreachsettlement.com/

How Much Will I Actually Get?

THE $150 AND THE $300 ARE ALTERNATIVES — NOBODY GETS BOTH. The court-authorized notice says Class Members “are entitled to choose one of the following Settlement benefits,” and the Settlement Agreement introduces the reimbursement route with the words “in lieu of receiving the Fixed Cash Payment option.” The claim form has two tick boxes and you mark one. So the real ceiling for any single person is $300, not $450. THE $300 CAPS ONE OPTION, NOT THE SETTLEMENT AND NOT THE FIXED PAYMENT. It is the maximum on the reimbursement route only, and it is a reimbursement — you recover what you can evidence, up to $300, not $300 as a matter of course. Qualifying costs are lost time and out-of-pocket expenses including fraud or identity protection costs, professional fees, credit repair services and time spent dealing with the breach, incurred between the date of the breach notice and November 16, 2026, and not already reimbursed by a third party or any other source. NEITHER FIGURE IS GUARANTEED, BECAUSE EVERY PAYMENT IS ADJUSTED PRO RATA. Settlement Agreement Section 3.5 requires that at least 75% and up to 100% of the Net Settlement Fund be paid to claimants. If valid claims total less than 75% of the net fund, payments are adjusted upward pro rata until they reach 75%. If they total more than 100%, payments are adjusted downward pro rata. The agreement spells out the consequence: a class member “may ultimately receive less or more than the Fixed Cash Payment or Reimbursement amounts described in this Settlement Agreement.” The claim form hedges the same way, describing the benefit as “estimated to be $150.00.” WHAT COMES OUT OF THE $2.25 MILLION BEFORE ANY OF IT REACHES CLAIMANTS. Class Counsel will ask for 35% of the fund, stated in the agreement as $787,500, plus their out-of-pocket costs and expenses, which are not quantified anywhere in the public documents. Service awards of $5,000 are sought for each of the three class representatives. Settlement administration is estimated at $150,000. What is left is the Net Settlement Fund — on those stated figures roughly $1.3 million, and less once counsel's costs are added. The Court has not yet ruled on any of these amounts; it decides them at the December 10, 2026 Fairness Hearing. WHAT THAT ARITHMETIC MEANS FOR A $150 CLAIM. The preliminary approval order puts the Settlement Class at 115,940 people. A net fund near $1.3 million covers roughly 8,600 fixed payments of $150 — about 7% of the class. Above that claim rate the payment falls; well below it, the 75% floor pushes the payment up. This is arithmetic from the figures in the court documents, not a projection the administrator has published. LEFTOVER MONEY GOES TO CHARITY, NOT BACK TO THE HEALTH CENTER. The fund is non-reversionary. Any undistributed balance, up to a maximum of 25% of the Net Settlement Fund, is paid as a cy pres award in equal shares to three named organizations: Adapt of Missouri, Inc. d/b/a Compass Health Network, PreventEd, and Chestnut Health Systems, Inc. THERE IS NO CREDIT MONITORING. Unlike most health data breach settlements, this one offers no identity protection or credit monitoring product of any kind — neither the Settlement Agreement nor the court-authorized notice mentions one. Cash is the entire benefit. HOW THE MONEY ARRIVES. The claim form lets you select Zelle, Venmo, PayPal, ACH, an E-Mastercard or a paper check.

Last reviewed: October 8, 2026 | Information verified from court records and official settlement documents.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I claim the $150 and the $300 together?
No, and this is the single most misread part of the settlement. The court-authorized notice says Class Members “are entitled to choose one of the following Settlement benefits,” and the Settlement Agreement introduces the reimbursement route with the phrase “in lieu of receiving the Fixed Cash Payment option.” The claim form puts them in two separate sections with a tick box each. The most any one class member can claim is $300, and that only with documentation. Headlines reading “$150 or up to $300” are describing an either-or choice correctly; anything presenting it as $450 is wrong.
Will I actually receive $150?
Not necessarily, and the official documents say so themselves. Section 3.5 of the Settlement Agreement requires that at least 75% and up to 100% of the Net Settlement Fund reach claimants, adjusting every payment upward pro rata if valid claims come in under 75% of the fund and downward pro rata if they exceed 100%. The agreement states that a class member “may ultimately receive less or more than the Fixed Cash Payment or Reimbursement amounts,” and the claim form calls the benefit “estimated to be $150.00.” The preliminary approval order puts the class at 115,940 people against a net fund of roughly $1.3 million after the requested fees, service awards and administration costs, which is enough for about 8,600 payments of $150. A claim rate above roughly 7% of the class therefore pushes payments below $150, and a low claim rate pushes them above it.
Does the $300 cap the whole settlement?
No. The $300 is the ceiling on the reimbursement option alone. It does not limit the settlement, which is a $2,250,000 fund, and it does not limit the fixed cash payment, which is a separate route with its own estimated amount. It is also a reimbursement rather than a flat sum — you recover only the lost time and out-of-pocket expenses you can document, up to $300.
Is this the same as the Jefferson, Blount & St. Clair data breach settlement?
No. That is a separate Alabama settlement involving the Jefferson, Blount & St. Clair Mental Health Authority, a different defendant, a different breach and a different deadline. This case is against the Jefferson County Health Center, which does business as the Jefferson County Health Department, the public health agency for Jefferson County, Missouri. The two settlements are unrelated. Check which notice you received before filing.
I live in Jefferson County, but not in Missouri. Do I qualify?
No. The certified Settlement Class is limited to Missouri residents who used this health center's services. There are more than two dozen Jefferson Counties across the United States, and only the Missouri one is covered here. Residency in the class definition is Missouri residency, not residency in any county that happens to share the name.
I was a patient but never got a notice. Can I still file?
Realistically, no. Settlement Agreement ¶20 limits the class to people “identified by Defendant as a potential class member on the list attached hereto as Exhibit 2,” and the preliminary approval order finds that Class Members “will be specifically identified on the Class List.” The notice tells recipients they received it because “records show that you received notice from the Jefferson County Health Center.” If you believe you were affected and were not contacted, call the administrator before the deadline rather than assuming the list is right. Worth noting for completeness: the class definition the Court recited in its order is phrased without the class list clause that the Settlement Agreement adds, so the documents are not perfectly aligned on this point — but the practical gate the administrator works from is the class list.
What happens if my documented claim is rejected?
You get a second chance at the fixed payment. Under the Settlement Agreement, if a reimbursement claim is deficient and cannot be cured after a notice of deficient claim, the class member is notified that they have fourteen calendar days to make a claim for the Fixed Cash Payment instead. Class Counsel separately has until the claims deadline, or fourteen days after the last bi-weekly report of rejected claims, whichever is later, to help a class member amend or resubmit.
Does this settlement include credit monitoring?
No. Neither the Settlement Agreement nor the court-authorized notice offers credit monitoring, identity theft protection or any other non-cash product. That is unusual for a health data breach settlement, and it means the cash is the whole benefit. If you have been paying for monitoring since the breach, those costs are the kind of out-of-pocket expense the $300 reimbursement route is designed for — provided you kept the bills.
Does any money go back to the health center if claims are low?
No. The Settlement Agreement states that in no event shall any money or any part, portion or remainder of the Settlement Fund revert back to or be refunded to the defendant. If the net fund is not exhausted, the balance — up to a maximum of 25% of the Net Settlement Fund — is paid as a cy pres award in equal shares to three named organizations: Adapt of Missouri, Inc. d/b/a Compass Health Network, PreventEd, and Chestnut Health Systems, Inc. The first 75% of the net fund has to reach claimants before any of that happens.
When would payment arrive?
The Court holds the Fairness Hearing on December 10, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. in Division 17 of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. No final approval order has been entered. The notice says eligible class members will be paid within approximately 60 calendar days after final approval, and that an appeal would delay payment. No payment date has been announced.
Which phone number is right for the administrator?
The official documents disagree, so try both. The court-authorized notice gives (833) 453-3461, while the claim form and the settlement website both give (833) 453-4461. Two sources against one favour 453-4461. The settlement website's Contact Us form is the route that avoids the question entirely.

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