General Provision (a) MML Advisers hereby appoints the Subadviser, and the Subadviser hereby undertakes to act, as investment subadviser to the Portfolio to provide investment advice and to perform for the Fund such other duties and functions as are hereinafter set forth. The Subadviser shall, in all matters, give to the Fund and the Trust’s Board of Trustees, directly or through MML Advisers, the benefit of the Subadviser’s best judgment, effort, advice and recommendations and shall at all times perform its obligations in compliance with:
(i) the provisions of the Act and any rules or regulations thereunder and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as applicable to the Fund;
(ii) any other provisions of state or federal law applicable to the operation of registered investment companies;
(iii) the provisions of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Bylaws of the Trust, as amended from time to time and provided to the Subadviser by MML Advisers (collectively referred to as the “Trust Documents”);
(iv) policies and determinations of the Board of Trustees of the Trust and MML Advisers, of which the Subadviser has been notified;
(v) the fundamental and non-fundamental policies and investment restrictions of the Fund as reflected in the Trust’s registration statement under the Act from time to time; and
(vi) the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of the Fund in effect from time to time (collectively referred to as the “Disclosure Documents”).
(b) The officers and employees of the Subadviser responsible for providing the services of the Subadviser hereunder shall be available upon reasonable notice for consultation with respect to the provision of such services.
(c) Subadviser will comply with the applicable provisions of the Fund’s pricing procedures which it has received and, upon request, will provide reasonable assistance to the Fund’s pricing agent in valuing securities held by the Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS AND RECITALS 12 1. The parties agree that the terms used, but not otherwise defined below in Paragraph B, shall 13 have the same meaning given to such terms under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 14 of 1996, Public Law 104-191 (“HIPAA”), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical 15 Health Act, Public Law 111-005 (“the HITECH Act”), and their implementing regulations at 45 CFR Parts 16 160 and 164 (“the HIPAA regulations”) as they may exist now or be hereafter amended.
17 2. The parties agree that a business associate relationship under HIPAA, the HITECH Act, and 18 the HIPAA regulations between CONTRACTOR and COUNTY arises to the extent that CONTRACTOR 19 performs, or delegates to subcontractors to perform, functionsor activities on behalf of COUNTY pursuant 20 to, and as set forth in, the Contract that are described in the definition of “Business Associate” in 45 CFR 21 § 160.103.
22 3. COUNTY wishes to disclose to CONTRACTOR certain information pursuant to the terms of 23 the Contract, some of which may constitute Protected Health Information (“PHI”), as defined below in 24 Subparagraph B.10, to be used or disclosed in the course of providing services and activities pursuant to, 25 and as set forth, in the Contract.
26 4. The parties intend to protect the privacy and provide for the security of PHI that may be 27 created, received, maintained, transmitted, used, or disclosed pursuant to the Contract in compliance with 28 the applicable standards, implementation specifications, and requirements of HIPAA, the HITECH Act, 29 and the HIPAA regulations as they may exist now or be hereafter amended.
30 5. The parties understand and acknowledge that HIPAA, the HITECH Act, and the HIPAA 31 regulations do not pre-empt any state statutes, rules, or regulations that are not otherwise pre-empted by 32 other Federal law(s) and impose more stringent requirements with respect to privacy of PHI.
33 6. The parties understand that the HIPAA Privacy and Security rules, as defined below in 34 Subparagraphs B.9. and B.14., apply to CONTRACTOR in the same manner as they apply to a covered 35 entity (COUNTY). XXXXXXXXXX agrees therefore to be in compliance at all times with the terms of 36 this Business Associate Contract, as it exists now or be hereafter updated with notice to CONTRACTOR, 37 and the applicable standards, implementation specifications, and requirements of the Privacy and the 1 Security rules, as they may exist now or be hereafter amended, with respect to PHI and electronic PHI 2 created, received, maintained, transmitted, used, or disclosed pursuant to the Contract.
