Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Contractor understands that HHS does not tolerate any type of fraud, waste, or abuse. Violations of law, agency policies, or standards of ethical conduct will be investigated, and appropriate actions will be taken. Pursuant to Texas Government Code, Section 321.022, if the administrative head of a department or entity that is subject to audit by the state auditor has reasonable cause to believe that money received from the state by the department or entity or by a client or contractor of the department or entity may have been lost, misappropriated, or misused, or that other fraudulent or unlawful conduct has occurred in relation to the operation of the department or entity, the administrative head shall report the reason and basis for the belief to the Texas State Auditor’s Office (SAO). All employees or contractors who have reasonable cause to believe that fraud, waste, or abuse has occurred (including misconduct by any HHS employee, Grantee officer, agent, employee, or subcontractor that would constitute fraud, waste, or abuse) are required to immediately report the questioned activity to the Health and Human Services Commission's Office of Inspector General. Contractor agrees to comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and System Agency policies regarding fraud, waste, and abuse including, but not limited to, HHS Circular C-027. A report to the SAO must be made through one of the following avenues: ● SAO Toll Free Hotline: 1-800-TX-AUDIT ● SAO website: xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx/ All reports made to the OIG must be made through one of the following avenues: ● OIG Toll Free Hotline 0-000-000-0000 ● OIG Website: XxxxxxXxxxxXxxxx.xxx ● Internal Affairs Email: XxxxxxxxXxxxxxxXxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx ● OIG Hotline Email: XXXXxxxxXxxxxxx@xxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx. ● OIG Mailing Address: Office of Inspector General Attn: Fraud Hotline MC 1300 P.O. Box 85200 Austin, Texas 78708-5200
Accuracy and Completeness of Information No written information, report or other papers or data (excluding financial projections and other forward looking statements) furnished to the Agent or any Lender by, on behalf of, or at the direction of, the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with or relating in any way to this Agreement, contained any untrue statement of a fact material to the creditworthiness of the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make such statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The written information, reports and other papers and data with respect to the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or the Unencumbered Assets (other than projections and other forward-looking statements) furnished to the Agent or the Lenders in connection with or relating in any way to this Agreement was, at the time so furnished, complete and correct in all material respects, or has been subsequently supplemented by other written information, reports or other papers or data, to the extent necessary to give in all material respects a true and accurate knowledge of the subject matter. All financial statements furnished to the Agent or any Lender by, on behalf of, or at the direction of, the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with or relating in any way to this Agreement, present fairly, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, the financial position of the Persons involved as at the date thereof and the results of operations for such periods. All financial projections and other forward looking statements prepared by, or on behalf of the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries that have been or may hereafter be made available to the Agent or any Lender were or will be prepared in good faith based on reasonable assumptions. No fact or circumstance is known to the Borrower which has had, or may in the future have (so far as the Borrower can reasonably foresee), a Material Adverse Effect which has not been set forth in the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(k) or in such information, reports or other papers or data or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Agent and the Lenders prior to the Effective Date.
Workplace Violence Prevention and Crisis Response (applicable to any Party and any subcontractors and sub-grantees whose employees or other service providers deliver social or mental health services directly to individual recipients of such services): Party shall establish a written workplace violence prevention and crisis response policy meeting the requirements of Act 109 (2016), 33 VSA §8201(b), for the benefit of employees delivering direct social or mental health services. Party shall, in preparing its policy, consult with the guidelines promulgated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Services Workers, as those guidelines may from time to time be amended. Party, through its violence protection and crisis response committee, shall evaluate the efficacy of its policy, and update the policy as appropriate, at least annually. The policy and any written evaluations thereof shall be provided to employees delivering direct social or mental health services. Party will ensure that any subcontractor and sub-grantee who hires employees (or contracts with service providers) who deliver social or mental health services directly to individual recipients of such services, complies with all requirements of this Section.
Form and Timing of Response (a) Intermediary agrees to provide, promptly upon request of the Fund or its designee, the requested information specified in paragraph 1 above. If requested by the Fund or its designee, Intermediary agrees to use best efforts to determine promptly whether any specific person about whom it has received the identification and transaction information specified in paragraph 1 is itself a financial intermediary (“indirect intermediary”) and, upon further request of the Fund or its designee, promptly either (i) provide (or arrange to have provided) the information set forth in paragraph 1 for those shareholders who hold an account with an indirect intermediary or (ii) restrict or prohibit the indirect intermediary from purchasing, in nominee name on behalf of other persons, securities issued by the Fund. (b) Responses required by this paragraph must be communicated in writing and in a format mutually agreed upon by the parties. (c) To the extent practicable, the format for any transaction information provided to the Fund should be consistent with the NSCC Standardized Data Reporting Format
Electronic and Information Resources Accessibility and Security Standards a. Applicability: The following Electronic and Information Resources (“EIR”) requirements apply to the Contract because the Grantee performs services that include EIR that the System Agency's employees are required or permitted to access or members of the public are required or permitted to access. This Section does not apply to incidental uses of EIR in the performance of the Agreement, unless the Parties agree that the EIR will become property of the State of Texas or will be used by HHSC’s clients or recipients after completion of the Agreement. Nothing in this section is intended to prescribe the use of particular designs or technologies or to prevent the use of alternative technologies, provided they result in substantially equivalent or greater access to and use of a Product.
CERTIFICATION REGARDING DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS 1. The Contractor certifies that it will provide a drug-free workplace by: a. Publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the Contractor’s workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for violation of such prohibition;
BREACH DISCOVERY AND NOTIFICATION 17 1. Following the discovery of a Breach of Unsecured PHI, CONTRACTOR shall notify 18 COUNTY of such Breach, however both parties agree to a delay in the notification if so advised by a 19 law enforcement official pursuant to 45 CFR § 164.412. 20 a. A Breach shall be treated as discovered by CONTRACTOR as of the first day on which 21 such Breach is known to CONTRACTOR or, by exercising reasonable diligence, would have been 22 known to CONTRACTOR. 23 b. CONTRACTOR shall be deemed to have knowledge of a Breach, if the Breach is 24 known, or by exercising reasonable diligence would have known, to any person who is an employee, 25 officer, or other agent of CONTRACTOR, as determined by federal common law of agency. 26 2. CONTRACTOR shall provide the notification of the Breach immediately to the COUNTY 27 Privacy Officer. CONTRACTOR’s notification may be oral, but shall be followed by written 28 notification within twenty four (24) hours of the oral notification. 29 3. CONTRACTOR’s notification shall include, to the extent possible: 30 a. The identification of each Individual whose Unsecured PHI has been, or is reasonably 31 believed by CONTRACTOR to have been, accessed, acquired, used, or disclosed during the Breach; 32 b. Any other information that COUNTY is required to include in the notification to 33 Individual under 45 CFR §164.404 (c) at the time CONTRACTOR is required to notify COUNTY or 34 promptly thereafter as this information becomes available, even after the regulatory sixty (60) day 35 period set forth in 45 CFR § 164.410 (b) has elapsed, including: 36 1) A brief description of what happened, including the date of the Breach and the date 37 of the discovery of the Breach, if known; 1 2) A description of the types of Unsecured PHI that were involved in the Breach (such 2 as whether full name, social security number, date of birth, home address, account number, diagnosis, 3 disability code, or other types of information were involved); 4 3) Any steps Individuals should take to protect themselves from potential harm 5 resulting from the Breach; 6 4) A brief description of what CONTRACTOR is doing to investigate the Breach, to 7 mitigate harm to Individuals, and to protect against any future Breaches; and 8 5) Contact procedures for Individuals to ask questions or learn additional information, 9 which shall include a toll-free telephone number, an e-mail address, Web site, or postal address. 10 4. COUNTY may require CONTRACTOR to provide notice to the Individual as required in 11 45 CFR § 164.404, if it is reasonable to do so under the circumstances, at the sole discretion of the 12 COUNTY. 13 5. In the event that CONTRACTOR is responsible for a Breach of Unsecured PHI in violation 14 of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, CONTRACTOR shall have the burden of demonstrating that 15 CONTRACTOR made all notifications to COUNTY consistent with this Subparagraph F and as 16 required by the Breach notification regulations, or, in the alternative, that the acquisition, access, use, or 17 disclosure of PHI did not constitute a Breach. 18 6. CONTRACTOR shall maintain documentation of all required notifications of a Breach or 19 its risk assessment under 45 CFR § 164.402 to demonstrate that a Breach did not occur. 20 7. CONTRACTOR shall provide to COUNTY all specific and pertinent information about the 21 Breach, including the information listed in Section E.3.b.(1)-(5) above, if not yet provided, to permit 22 COUNTY to meet its notification obligations under Subpart D of 45 CFR Part 164 as soon as 23 practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) calendar days after CONTRACTOR’s initial report of 24 the Breach to COUNTY pursuant to Subparagraph F.2. above. 25 8. CONTRACTOR shall continue to provide all additional pertinent information about the
Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention and Control The hospital in consultation with the Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) shall develop, establish and put into effect, musculoskeletal prevention and control measures, procedures, practices and training for the health and safety of employees.
Substance Abuse Treatment Information Substance abuse treatment information shall be maintained in compliance with 42 C.F.R. Part 2 if the Party or subcontractor(s) are Part 2 covered programs, or if substance abuse treatment information is received from a Part 2 covered program by the Party or subcontractor(s).
Project Monitoring Reporting and Evaluation The Recipient shall furnish to the Association each Project Report not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar semester, covering the calendar semester.
