BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AGREEMENT BETWEENBusiness Associate Agreement • January 25th, 2018 • California
Contract Type FiledJanuary 25th, 2018 Jurisdiction, 2016, (the “Effective Date”), by and between the Los Angeles Fire Department (the “LAFD” or “Covered Entity”), on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and <<VENDOR>> (the “Business Associate”) (collectively the “Parties”) to comply with the privacy and security standards required under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), adopted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as amended January 25, 2013, [45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162 and 164; Volume 78 Fed. Reg. No. 17, Pages 5566 through 5702, January 23, 2013] and, in order to satisfy the electronic storage requirements of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act as incorporated in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (hereinafter referred to as “HITECH”), and any applicable state confidentiality laws.