ContractBusiness Associate Agreement • May 10th, 2018
Contract Type FiledMay 10th, 2018Pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996; its implementing regulations, the Standards of Privacy of Individual Identifiable Health Information at 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164, Subparts A and E (“Privacy Rule”), and 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164, Subparts A and C (“Security Rule”); and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH Act”), Title XIII, Subtitle D of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115 (2009) (“ARRA”), the Indian Health Service is required to enter into an agreement with the Business Associate, pursuant to which the Business Associate shall comply with and appropriately safeguard Protected Health Information ("PHI”) that it will use and disclose when performing functions, activities or services ("Services") for the Indian Health Service pursuant to Contract No. (“Contract”). The Business Associate by signing the Contract shall comply with the following