Business Associate Agreement (“BAA”) is entered into between: This Business Associate Agreement [Insert Name and Address of Covered Entity Here] (hereinafter referred to as Entity”), “Covered and Rutgers, The University of New Jersey (“Rutgers”), an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, a public entity, with offices at Winants Hall, 7 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, on its own behalf, on behalf of its organizational unit, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (“RBHS”), and the unincorporated constituent units therein, and Rutgers Health Group, Inc. (“RHG”), a New Jersey nonprofit corporation with offices located at 89 French Street, Suite 4100, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, on its own behalf. Individually and together, Rutgers, RBHS and RHG, and all of their other present and future Affiliates, are collectively, Associate”, “Business (The Covered Entity and Business Associate hereinafter each a and “Party” collectively the “Parties”). RHG is the clinical practice of the health professionals employed by, WHEREAS, contracted to, or affiliated with the schools, institutes and units of RBHS; WHEREAS, Covered Entity and Business Associate have entered into the Services Agreement (as defined below) under which Business Associate has been engaged to perform a function or service for or on behalf of Covered Entity; WHEREAS, in connection with the Services Agreement, the Covered Entity discloses to Business Associate certain Protected Health Information (“PHI”) that is subject to protection under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) (the Act”), and regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and “HITECH Human Services (the (hereinafter the Regulations” and the “HHS”) “HIPAA Regulations,” respectively) and/or applicable state and/or local laws and “HITECH regulations; WHEREAS, Rutgers and RHG are closely integrated entities that operate as a single affiliated entity for purposes of and together may from time to time be involved in providing services to Covered Entity as a business associate; WHEREAS, in connection with the Services Agreement, Business Associate may have access to and may receive and maintain PHI from Covered Entity;
Business Associate Agreement This Business Associate Agreement (“BAA”) is entered into between: [Insert Name and Address of Covered Entity Here] (hereinafter referred to as “Covered Entity”), and Rutgers, The University of New Jersey (“Rutgers”), an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, a public entity, with offices at Winants Hall, 7 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, on its own behalf, on behalf of its organizational unit, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (“RBHS”), and the unincorporated constituent units therein, and Rutgers Health Group, Inc. (“RHG”), a New Jersey nonprofit corporation with offices located at 89 French Street, Suite 4100, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, on its own behalf. Individually and together, Rutgers, RBHS and RHG, and all of their other present and future Affiliates, are collectively, “Business Associate”, (The Covered Entity and Business Associate hereinafter each a “Party” and collectively the “Parties”). WHEREAS, RHG is the clinical practice of the health professionals employed by, contracted to, or affiliated with the schools, institutes and units of RBHS; WHEREAS, Covered Entity and Business Associate have entered into the Services Agreement (as defined below) under which Business Associate has been engaged to perform a function or service for or on behalf of Covered Entity; WHEREAS, in connection with the Services Agreement, the Covered Entity discloses to Business Associate certain Protected Health Information (“PHI”) that is subject to protection under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) (the “HITECH Act”), and regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (the “HHS”) (hereinafter the “HIPAA Regulations” and the “HITECH Regulations,” respectively) and/or applicable state and/or local laws and regulations; WHEREAS, Rutgers and RHG are closely integrated entities that operate as a single affiliated entity for purposes of and together may from time to time be involved in providing services to Covered Entity as a business associate; WHEREAS, in connection with the Services Agreement, Business Associate may have access to and may receive and maintain PHI from Covered Entity;