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BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AGREEMENTBusiness Associate Agreement • August 1st, 2012
WHEREAS, Sections 261 through 264 of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended by the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH Act”), which imposes new and modified obligations on Covered Entity and Business Associate through the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rule, known as “the Administrative Simplification provisions,” direct the Department of Health and Human Services to develop standards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of health information; and
