Common use of Compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Clause in Contracts

Compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). As an entity contracted with SHP to market health care coverage products, Solicitor Firm is designated as a business associate of SHP and agrees to execute a business associate agreement with SHP in the form and format provided by SHP. Without limitation of the forgoing, Solicitor Firm shall not use or disclose Protected Health Information (as defined more specifically at 45 C.F.R. § 160.103) for any purpose other than (i) the purposes contemplated by the Agreement (ii) as required or allowed under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the regulations promulgated thereunder at 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 through 164 (collectively, “HIPAA”); or (iii) as otherwise required by law. In no event may Solicitor Firm use or disclose Protected Health Information in a manner that violates or would violate HIPAA if such activity were engaged in by SHP. Solicitor Firm further agrees to execute the SHP standard Business Associate Agreement as part of SHP’s Solicitor Firm orientation certification and training procedures, which shall be completed before Solicitor Firm engages in any marketing, solicitation or sales activities on behalf of SHP.