Common use of Business Associate’s Agents Clause in Contracts

Business Associate’s Agents. To ensure that any agents, including subcontractors, to whom Business Associate provides PHI received from or created or received by Business Associate on behalf of [DEPT ACRONYM], agree to the same restrictions and conditions that apply to Business Associate with respect to such PHI, including implementation of reasonable and appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to protect such PHI; and to incorporate, when applicable, the relevant provisions of this Agreement into each subcontract or with agents or subcontractors. Availability of Information to [DEPT ACRONYM] and Individuals. To provide access as [DEPT ACRONYM] may require, and in the time and manner designated by [DEPT ACRONYM] (upon reasonable notice and during Business Associate’s normal business hours) to PHI in a Designated Record Set, to [DEPT ACRONYM] (or, as directed by [DEPT ACRONYM]), to an Individual, in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.524. Designated Record Set means the group of records maintained for [DEPT ACRONYM] that includes medical, dental and billing records about individuals; enrollment, payment, claims adjudication, and case or medical management systems maintained for [DEPT ACRONYM] health plans; or those records used to make decisions about individuals on behalf of [DEPT ACRONYM]. Business Associate shall use the forms and processes developed by [DEPT ACRONYM] for this purpose and shall respond to requests for access to records transmitted by [DEPT ACRONYM] within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of the request by producing the records or verifying that there are none.

Business Associate’s Agents. To ensure that any agents, including subcontractors, to whom Business Associate provides PHI received from or created or received by Business Associate on behalf of [DEPT ACRONYM], agree to the same restrictions and conditions that apply to Business Associate with respect to such PHI, including implementation of reasonable and appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to protect such PHI; and to incorporate, when applicable, the relevant provisions of this Agreement Addendum into each subcontract or with subaward to such agents or subcontractors. Availability of Information to [DEPT ACRONYM] and Individuals. To provide access as [DEPT ACRONYM] may require, and in the time and manner designated by [DEPT ACRONYM] (upon reasonable notice and during Business Associate’s normal business hours) to PHI in a Designated Record Set, to [DEPT ACRONYM] (or, as directed by [DEPT ACRONYM]), to an Individual, in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § CFR Section §164.524. Designated Record Set means the group of records maintained for [DEPT ACRONYM] that includes medical, dental and billing records about individuals; enrollment, payment, claims adjudication, and case or medical management systems maintained for [DEPT ACRONYM] health plans; or those records used to make decisions about individuals on behalf of [DEPT ACRONYM]. Business Associate shall use the forms and processes developed by [DEPT ACRONYM] for this purpose and shall respond to requests for access to records transmitted by [DEPT ACRONYM] within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of the request by producing the records or verifying that there are none.