Common use of MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT Clause in Contracts

MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT. The Contractor agrees to abide by the applicable provisions of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements and all other applicable state or federal rules, regulations or orders pertaining to privacy or confidentiality. The Contractor understands that all of the data created, collected, received, stored, used, maintained or disseminated by the Contractor in performing those functions that Kandiyohi County would perform as a government entity, is subject to the requirements of Chapter 13, and the Contractor must comply with those requirements as if it were a government entity. This does not create a duty on the part of the Contractor to provide the public with access to public data if the public data is available from the government entity, except as required by the terms of this contract.