Business Associate Status. a. The Department is subject to and must comply with provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"), as codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1320d-d8, and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the "HITECH Act"), enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 300jj et seq. and §§ 17901, et seq. and the implementing regulations for the two acts at 45 CFR Parts 160, 162 and 164. b. The Department has determined it is a hybrid entity as defined in the implementing regulations, that is a covered entity performing both covered and non-covered functions. Under the HIPAA and HITECH and the implementing regulations, the Business Associate, as an entity that performs or assists in the performance of an administrative or data function for the Department involving the use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI) for the Department, is acting as a business associate of a covered entity.
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