Employer’s Obligations With Respect to PHI Sample Clauses

Employer’s Obligations With Respect to PHI. With respect to PHI, the Employer agrees to certain conditions. The Employer agrees to: • not use or disclose PHI other than as permitted or required by the Plan document or as required by law; • ensure that any agents (including a subcontractor) to whom the Employer provides PHI received from the Plan agree to the same restrictions and conditions that apply to the Employer with respect to such PHI; • not to use or disclose PHI for employment-related actions and decisions unless authorized by an individual; • not use or disclose PHI in connection with any other benefit or employee benefit plan of the Employer unless authorized by an individual; • report to the Plan any PHI use or disclosures provided of which it becomes aware; • make PHI available to an individual in accordance with HIPAA’s access requirements; • make PHI available for amendment and incorporate any amendments to PHI in accordance with HIPAA; • make available the information required to provide an accounting of disclosures; • make internal practices, books and records relating to the use and disclosure of PHI received from the Plan available to the HHS Secretary for the purposes of determining the Plan’s compliance with HIPAA; and • if feasible, return or destroy all PHI received from the Plan that the Employer still maintains in any form and retain no copies of such PHI when no longer needed for the purpose for which disclosure was made (or if return or destruction is not feasible, limit further uses and disclosures to those purposes that me the return or destruction infeasible).