hippa privacy act

Peach Tree Residential Services agrees to comply with all applicable requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Title II, Administrative Simplification (“HIPAA”), including amendments signed into law under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”), in particular, applicable provisions of Title XIII known as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”), Subtitle D, in all activities related to this Contract, to maintain compliance during the term of this Contract and after as may be required by federal law, to operate any systems used to fulfill the requirements of this Contract in full compliance with all applicable provisions of HIPAA and to take no action which adversely affects the State’s HIPAA compliance. Terms used, but not otherwise defined, in this Contract shall have the same meaning as those found in the HIPAA Regulations under 45 CFR Parts 160, 162, and 164. To the extent required by the provisions of HIPAA and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Contractor assures that it will appropriately safeguard all forms of Health Records and/or Protected Health Information (PHI), as defined by the regulations, which is made available to or obtained by the Contractor in the course of its work under this Contract. Peach Tree Residential Services agrees to comply with all applicable requirements of law relating to Health Records and/or PHI with respect to any task or other activity it performs for the State including, as required by the final Privacy and Security regulations: