Selection of Subcontractors Procurement of Materials and Leasing of Equipment: The contractor shall not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability in the selection and retention of subcontractors, including procurement of materials and leases of equipment. The contractor shall take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure nondiscrimination in the administration of this contract.
a. The contractor shall notify all potential subcontractors, suppliers, and lessors of their EEO obligations under this contract.
b. The contractor will use good faith efforts to ensure subcontractor compliance with their EEO obligations.
Selection of Subcontractors, Procurement of Materials and Leasing of Equipment The contractor shall not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability in the selection and retention of subcontractors, including procurement of materials and leases of equipment. The contractor shall take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure nondiscrimination in the administration of this contract.
a. The contractor shall notify all potential subcontractors and suppliers and lessors of their EEO obligations under this contract.
b. The contractor will use good faith efforts to ensure subcontractor compliance with their EEO obligations.
Access to Personal Information by Subcontractors Supplier agrees to require any subcontractors or agents to which it discloses Personal Information under this Agreement or under any SOW to provide reasonable assurance, evidenced by written contract, that they will comply with the same or substantially similar confidentiality, privacy and security obligations with respect to such Personal Information as apply to Supplier under this Agreement or any SOW. Supplier shall confirm in writing to DXC that such contract is in place as a condition to DXC’s approval of use of a subcontractor in connection with any SOW. Upon request of DXC, Supplier will provide to DXC a copy of the subcontract or an extract of the relevant clauses. Supplier shall ensure that any failure on the part of any subcontractor or agent to comply with the Supplier obligations under this Agreement or any SOW shall be grounds to promptly terminate such subcontractor or agent. If during the term of this Agreement or any SOW, DXC determines, in its exclusive discretion, that any Supplier subcontractor or agent cannot comply with the Supplier obligations under this Agreement or with any SOW, then DXC may terminate this Agreement in whole or in part (with respect to any SOW for which such subcontractor or agent is providing services), if not cured by Supplier within the time prescribed in the notice of such deficiency.
Provisions governing staff and subcontractors A. To require any subcontractor to execute documents that binds the subcontractor to comply with the provisions of this Contract. Subcontractor means an individual or entity to which the Contractor has contracted with or delegated some of its management functions or responsibilities of providing all or a part of the services required of the Contractor under this Contract.
B. That it is responsible for the behavior of its staff and subcontractors to ensure a violence-free contractual relationship. The Contractor understands that any remarks, gestures or actions toward HHSC employees, volunteers or clients that carry an implied threat of any kind, even if intended to be in jest, will be taken seriously and may lead to corrective action, up to and including terminating this contractor.
C. To comply with the requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 regarding employment verification and retention of verification forms for an individual hired on or after November 6, 1986, who will perform any labor or services under this Contract.
D. To certify and ensure that it utilizes and will continue to utilize, for the term of this Contract, the U. S. Department of Homeland Security's e- Verify system to determine the eligibility of:
1. all people employed during the Contract term to perform duties within Texas; and
2. all people (including subcontractors).
E. That representatives of HHSC, AG-MFCU and HHS may conduct interviews of Contractor personnel, subcontractors and their personnel, witnesses, and clients without a Contractor's representative present unless the person interviewed voluntarily requests that the representative be present. The Contractor must not coerce its personnel, subcontractors and their personnel, witnesses, or clients to accept representation by the Contractor, and the Contractor agrees that no retaliation will occur to a person who denies the Contractor's offer of representation. Nothing in the Contract limits a person's right to counsel of his or her choice. Requests for interviews are to be complied with in the form and the manner requested. The Contractor must ensure by contract or other means that its personnel and subcontractors cooperate fully in any investigation conducted by representatives of HHSC, AG-MFCU and HHS.
F. That if it is a Home and Community Support Services agency ("HCSSA"), the Contractor will hire Personal Assistance Services and Community Support Services providers chosen by the client or the client's legally authorized representative, if requested, and provided the individual who will provide the services:
1. meets minimum qualifications for the service;
2. is willing to be employed as an attendant by the Contractor; and
3. is willing, and determined competent by the Contractor, to deliver the service(s) according to the client's individual service plan.
Permitted and Required Uses/Disclosures of PHI 3.1 Except as limited in this Agreement, Business Associate may use or disclose PHI to perform Services, as specified in the underlying grant or contract with Covered Entity. The uses and disclosures of Business Associate are limited to the minimum necessary, to complete the tasks or to provide the services associated with the terms of the underlying agreement. Business Associate shall not use or disclose PHI in any manner that would constitute a violation of the Privacy Rule if used or disclosed by Covered Entity in that manner. Business Associate may not use or disclose PHI other than as permitted or required by this Agreement or as Required by Law.
3.2 Business Associate may make PHI available to its employees who need access to perform Services provided that Business Associate makes such employees aware of the use and disclosure restrictions in this Agreement and binds them to comply with such restrictions. Business Associate may only disclose PHI for the purposes authorized by this Agreement: (a) to its agents and Subcontractors in accordance with Sections 9 and 17 or, (b) as otherwise permitted by Section 3.
3.3 Business Associate shall be directly liable under HIPAA for impermissible uses and disclosures of the PHI it handles on behalf of Covered Entity, and for impermissible uses and disclosures, by Business Associate’s Subcontractor(s), of the PHI that Business Associate handles on behalf of Covered Entity and that it passes on to Subcontractors.
Access to Protected Information If BA maintains a designated record set on behalf of CE, BA shall make Protected Information maintained by BA or its agents or subcontractors in Designated Record Sets available to CE for inspection and copying within five (5) days of a request by CE to enable CE to fulfill its obligations under state law [Health and Safety Code Section 123110] and the Privacy Rule, including, but not limited to, 45 C.F.R. Section 164.524 [45 C.F.R. Section 164.504(e)(2)(ii)(E)]. If BA maintains Protected Information in electronic format, BA shall provide such information in electronic format as necessary to enable CE to fulfill its obligations under the HITECH Act and HIPAA Regulations, including, but not limited to, 42 U.S.C. Section 17935(e) and 45 C.F.R. Section 164.524.
Secure Information Handling and Transfers 7.1 Physical and electronic handling, processing and transferring of DWP Data, including secure access to systems and the use of encryption where appropriate.
RECOVERY FROM THIRD PARTIES 11.1 If
11.1.1 the Seller makes a payment in respect of a Warranty Claim by the Purchaser (the “Damages Payment”);
11.1.2 any member of the Purchaser’s Group recovers from a third party (including pursuant to any insurance policy) any sum in cash or in kind which compensates it in respect of the Loss which is the subject matter to that Warranty Claim (the “Third Party Sum”);
11.1.3 the receipt of that Third Party Sum was not taken into account in calculating the Damages Payment; and
11.1.4 the aggregate of the Third Party Sum and the Damages Payment exceeds the amount required to compensate the Purchaser in full for the Loss or Liability which gave rise to the Warranty Claim in question, such excess being the “Excess Recovery”, then the Purchaser shall, promptly on receipt of the Third Party Sum by any member of the Purchaser’s Group, repay to the Seller an amount equal to the lower of (i) the Excess Recovery and (ii) the Damages Payment, after deducting (in either case) all additional Tax and any costs incurred by the Purchaser or the relevant member of the Purchaser’s Group in recovering that Third Party Sum.
11.2 If, before the Seller pays any amount in respect of any Warranty Claim under this Agreement, any EDS Entity is entitled to recover (whether by payment, discount, credit, relief, insurance or otherwise) from a third party a sum which indemnifies or compensates any relevant member of the Purchaser’s Group (in whole or in part) in respect of the Loss or Liability which is the subject matter of the Warranty Claim, the Purchaser shall procure that, before steps are taken against the Seller, the Purchaser will make reasonable efforts to enforce recovery against the third party and any actual recovery shall reduce or satisfy, as applicable, such Warranty Claim to the extent of such recovery, provided that the Seller first indemnifies the Purchaser’s Group and the EDS Entities against any Tax that may be suffered on receipt of any sum recovered thereunder, together with any costs or expenses incurred in recovering such sum.
Insurance, Subcontractor's Public Liability and Property Damage The Contractor shall require each of its subcontractors to secure and maintain during the life of the subcontract, insurance of the type specified in this Contract, or, the Contractor may insure the activities of its subcontractors in the Contractor’s policy, as specified in this Contract.
OBLIGATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF CONTRACTOR AS BUSINESS ASSOCIATE 1. CONTRACTOR agrees not to use or further disclose PHI COUNTY discloses to CONTRACTOR other than as permitted or required by this Business Associate Contract or as required by law.
2. XXXXXXXXXX agrees to use appropriate safeguards, as provided for in this Business Associate Contract and the Agreement, to prevent use or disclosure of PHI COUNTY discloses to CONTRACTOR or CONTRACTOR creates, receives, maintains, or transmits on behalf of COUNTY other than as provided for by this Business Associate Contract.
3. XXXXXXXXXX agrees to comply with the HIPAA Security Rule at Subpart C of 45 CFR Part 164 with respect to electronic PHI COUNTY discloses to CONTRACTOR or CONTRACTOR creates, receives, maintains, or transmits on behalf of COUNTY.
4. CONTRACTOR agrees to mitigate, to the extent practicable, any harmful effect that is known to CONTRACTOR of a Use or Disclosure of PHI by CONTRACTOR in violation of the requirements of this Business Associate Contract.
5. XXXXXXXXXX agrees to report to COUNTY immediately any Use or Disclosure of PHI not provided for by this Business Associate Contract of which CONTRACTOR becomes aware. CONTRACTOR must report Breaches of Unsecured PHI in accordance with Paragraph E below and as required by 45 CFR § 164.410.
6. CONTRACTOR agrees to ensure that any Subcontractors that create, receive, maintain, or transmit PHI on behalf of CONTRACTOR agree to the same restrictions and conditions that apply through this Business Associate Contract to CONTRACTOR with respect to such information.
7. CONTRACTOR agrees to provide access, within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of a written request by COUNTY, to PHI in a Designated Record Set, to COUNTY or, as directed by COUNTY, to an Individual in order to meet the requirements under 45 CFR § 164.524. If CONTRACTOR maintains an Electronic Health Record with PHI, and an individual requests a copy of such information in an electronic format, CONTRACTOR shall provide such information in an electronic format.
8. CONTRACTOR agrees to make any amendment(s) to PHI in a Designated Record Set that COUNTY directs or agrees to pursuant to 45 CFR § 164.526 at the request of COUNTY or an Individual, within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of said request by COUNTY. XXXXXXXXXX agrees to notify COUNTY in writing no later than ten (10) calendar days after said amendment is completed.
9. CONTRACTOR agrees to make internal practices, books, and records, including policies and procedures, relating to the use and disclosure of PHI received from, or created or received by CONTRACTOR on behalf of, COUNTY available to COUNTY and the Secretary in a time and manner as determined by COUNTY or as designated by the Secretary for purposes of the Secretary determining COUNTY’S compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
10. CONTRACTOR agrees to document any Disclosures of PHI COUNTY discloses to CONTRACTOR or CONTRACTOR creates, receives, maintains, or transmits on behalf of COUNTY, and to make information related to such Disclosures available as would be required for COUNTY to respond to a request by an Individual for an accounting of Disclosures of PHI in accordance with 45 CFR § 164.528.
11. CONTRACTOR agrees to provide COUNTY or an Individual, as directed by COUNTY, in a time and manner to be determined by COUNTY, that information collected in accordance with the Agreement, in order to permit COUNTY to respond to a request by an Individual for an accounting of Disclosures of PHI in accordance with 45 CFR § 164.528.
12. XXXXXXXXXX agrees that to the extent CONTRACTOR carries out COUNTY’s obligation under the HIPAA Privacy and/or Security rules CONTRACTOR will comply with the requirements of 45 CFR Part 164 that apply to COUNTY in the performance of such obligation.
13. If CONTRACTOR receives Social Security data from COUNTY provided to COUNTY by a state agency, upon request by COUNTY, CONTRACTOR shall provide COUNTY with a list of all employees, subcontractors and agents who have access to the Social Security data, including employees, agents, subcontractors and agents of its subcontractors.
14. CONTRACTOR will notify COUNTY if CONTRACTOR is named as a defendant in a criminal proceeding for a violation of HIPAA. COUNTY may terminate the Agreement, if CONTRACTOR is found guilty of a criminal violation in connection with HIPAA. COUNTY may terminate the Agreement, if a finding or stipulation that CONTRACTOR has violated any standard or requirement of the privacy or security provisions of HIPAA, or other security or privacy laws are made in any administrative or civil proceeding in which CONTRACTOR is a party or has been joined. COUNTY will consider the nature and seriousness of the violation in deciding whether or not to terminate the Agreement.
