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/ 1 / y- 15:' <br /> y —Please return this copy to the Clerk to the Board's — <br /> Consolidated Agreement FY15 office for permanent agenda file. Page 1 of 28 <br /> FY 2015 CONSOLIDATED AGREEMENT RECT MAY 12 2014 <br /> This Agreement is made between the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of <br /> Public Health ("State") and the Orange County Health Department("Department") for the purpose of <br /> maintaining and promoting the advancement of public health in North Carolina. This Agreement shall cover a <br /> period from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 and shall remain in force until the next Fiscal Year Agreement is <br /> signed except as provided for in Section J. Termination. <br /> Now, therefore, the State and the Department agree that the provisions and clauses herein set forth shall be <br /> incorporated in and constitute the terms and conditions applicable for activities involving State funding. (State <br /> funding or funds means State, federal, and/or special funding or funds throughout this Agreement.) <br /> A. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT <br /> 1. The Department shall perform activities in compliance with applicable program rules contained in <br /> the North Carolina Administrative Code, as well as all applicable Federal and State laws and <br /> regulations. <br /> 2. The Department shall perform the activities specified in the Agreement Addenda for State-funded <br /> budgets. The Department must negotiate these Agreement Addenda in good faith to the satisfaction <br /> of State representatives as part of the agreement execution. The Department will meet or exceed the <br /> Agreement Addenda levels unless extenuating circumstances prevail and are explained in writing to <br /> the state section, branch or program. <br /> 3. The Department shall report client, service, encounter, and other data as specified by applicable <br /> program rules, Agreement Addenda for State-funded budgets, and by North Carolina Administrative <br /> Code. <br /> 4. The Department shall provide access to patient records to authorized staff from the Division of <br /> Public Health for technical consultation, program monitoring, and program evaluation, as specified <br /> by applicable program rules, Agreement Addenda for State-funded budgets, and by North Carolina <br /> Administrative Code. <br /> 5. The Department shall provide client, service, encounter, and other data through the State's <br /> centralized automated systems for claims creation and submission for processing to the State's <br /> Medicaid agency except as allowed by NCGS 130A—45.13 and SB245 passed in the 2011 session. <br /> To ensure that such data is accurately linked to the specific client served in a manner that results in a <br /> unique identifier from the DHHS Common Name Data Service except as allowed by SB245 passed <br /> in the 2011 session, the Department shall allow the State to submit(on its behalf)the Social Security <br /> Numbers of all clients to the Social Security Administration for verification. <br /> 6. The Department shall share data to support efforts of the public health system, represented by the <br /> local health departments, local health programs, and the State (the parties), in order to meet public <br /> health objectives while respecting the confidentiality and integrity of each party's data and protecting <br /> the privacy of individual client health information. Sharing data includes providing client <br /> information allowed as permitted disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and <br /> Accountability Act of 1996,Public Law 104-91, HIPAA Administration Simplification Provisions <br /> Sections 261 through 264, 45 CFR 164.512. <br />