HHS definition

HHS means United States Department of Health and Human Services.

HHS means the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

HHS means the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Examples of HHS in a sentence

• Any non-compliance by BA with the provisions of this Business Associate Agreement Addendum or the HHS privacy regulations will automatically be considered grounds for breach if BA knew or reasonably should have known of such non-compliance and failed to immediately take reasonable steps to cure the non-compliance.

• The Contractor (and/or any subcontractor) shall ensure that all employees performing on the contract comply with the HHS Information Technology General Rules of Behavior, and comply with the NIH Information Technology General Rules of Behavior xxxxx://xxxx.xxx.xxx/InfoSecurity/training/Pages/nihitrob.aspx, which are contained in the NIH Information Security Awareness Training Course xxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.

• All provided training shall be compliant with HHS training policies.

• The SSP shall comply with the NIST SP 800-18, Guide for Developing Security Plans for Federal Information Systems, the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 200, Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems, and NIST SP 800- 53, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations applicable baseline requirements, and other applicable NIST guidance as well as HHS and NIH policies and other guidance.

• Additionally, the Contractor shall provide a certification that all government information has been properly sanitized and purged from Contractor-owned systems, including backup systems and media used during contract performance, in accordance with HHS and/or NIH policies.

More Definitions of HHS

HHS means the United States Department of Health and Human Services and any successor thereof.

HHS means the Department of Health and Human Services.

HHS means the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and any components of the Department to which the authority involved may be delegated.

HHS means Health and Human Services and includes all State agencies delivering HHS-related services: Department of Health (DOH), HSD, Aging and Long Term Services Department (ALTSD), Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD).

HHS has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Medicare Regulations.”

HHS means the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “HHS-Approved Technology” means:With respect to data in motion, the encryption guidelines in Federal Information Processing Standard 140- 2 (or successor guidelines). For data at rest, HHS-Approved Technology means the encryption guidelines in National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-111 (or successor guidelines). With respect to the destruction of data containing Protected Health Information, an HHS- Approved Technology requires the destruction of the media on which the Protected Health Information is stored such that, for paper, film, or other hard copy media, destruction requires shredding or otherwise destroying the media so that Protected Health Information cannot be read or reconstructed; for electronic media, destruction requires that the data be cleared, purged, or destroyed consistent with NIST Special Publication 800-88 (or successor guidelines) such that the information cannot be retrieved. HHS-Approved Technology may be updated from time to time based on guidance from the Secretary of HHS.

HHS means both the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and the Department of State Health Services (DSHS).