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Responsibility for Reporting of Breaches when Required by State or Federal Law. If the cause of a breach of Medi-Cal PII is attributable to the County Department or its agents, subcontractors or vendors, the County Department is responsible for reporting the breach and all costs associated with the breach. If the cause of the breach is attributable to DHCS, DHCS is responsible for reporting the breach and for all costs associated with the breach. When applicable law requires the breach be reported to a federal or state agency or that notice be given to media outlets, DHCS and the County Department shall coordinate to ensure such reporting is in compliance with applicable law and to prevent duplicate reporting, and to jointly determine responsibility for purposes of allocating the costs of such reports, if any.

Responsibility for Reporting of Breaches when Required by State or Federal Law. If the cause of a breach of Medi-Cal PII is attributable to the County Department Department/Agency or its agents, subcontractors or vendors, the County Department Department/Agency is responsible for all required reporting the breach and all costs associated with of the breach. If the cause of the breach is attributable to DHCS, DHCS is responsible for all required reporting the breach and for all costs associated with of the breach. When applicable law requires the breach be reported to a federal or state agency or that notice be given to media outlets, DHCS and the County Department Department/Agency shall coordinate to ensure such reporting is in compliance with applicable law and to prevent duplicate reporting, and to jointly determine responsibility for purposes of allocating the costs of such reports, if any.