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2008-061 Health - NC Department of Health and Human Services
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2008-061 Health - NC Department of Health and Human Services (2)
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Minutes - 20070327
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<br />Consolidated Ageement -Final <br />Page 2 of 18 <br />A. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT (LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT) <br />l . The Department shall perform activities in compliance with applicable program rules contained in the North <br />Carolina Administrative Code, as well as all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations. <br />2. The Department shall perform the activities specified in the' Program Agreement Addenda for State funded <br />budgets. The Department must negotiate these Agreement Addenda in good faith to the satisfaction of state <br />representatives as part of the agreement execution. The Department will meet or exceed the Agreement <br />Addenda levels unless extenuating circumstances prevail and are explained in writing to the state section, <br />branch or program. <br />3. The Department shall report client, service, encounter, and other data as specified by applicable program <br />rules, Program Agreement Addenda for State funded budgets, and by North Carolina Administrative Code. <br />4. The Department shall provide access to patient records to authorized staff from the Division of Public Health <br />for technical consultation, program monitoring, and program evaluation, as specified by applicable program <br />rules, Program Agreement Addenda for State funded budgets, and by North Carolina Administrative Code. <br />5. The Department shall provide client, service, encounter, and other data through the states' centralized <br />automated systems for claims creation and submission for processing to the state's Medicaid agency except, <br />as allowed by NCGS 130A - 45.13. <br />6. The Department shall share data to support efforts of the public health system, represented by the local <br />health departments, local health programs, and the State, in order to meet public health objectives while <br />respecting the confidentiality and integrity of each agency's data and protecting the privacy of individual <br />client health information. Sharing data includes providing client information allowed as permitted <br />disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-91, <br />HIPAA Administration Simplification Provisions Sections 261 through 264, 45 CFR 164.512, Uses and <br />disclosures for which consent, authorization, or opportunity to agree or object is not required. <br />7. The Department shall administer and enforce all rules that have been adopted by the Commission for Health <br />Services, ratified by the NC General Assembly, or adopted by the Local Board of Health. <br />8. The Department shall provide to the State copies of rules adopted by the Local Board of Health pursuant to <br />G.S. 130A-39 and Public Health Ordinances adopted by the County Commissioners, within 30 days of <br />adoption. These rules/ordinances are to be sent to the Local Technical Assistance and Training Branch <br />(I-TAT). . <br />9. The Department shall have policies related to conflict of interest and policies and procedures for Human <br />Subjects Clearance. Each staff member shall receive a copy of these documents. <br />10. The Department shall provide to the State a comprehensive community health assessment (CHA) every four <br />years and a State of the County's Health Report each of the interim three years. Healthy Carolinians/Health <br />Education Branch/CDI Section will administer this four-year cycle. The CHA: should be a collaborative <br />effort with the local Healthy Carolinians Partnership, if such exists, and shall include collection of primary <br />data at the county level: The CHA shalt include a list of community health problems based on the findings <br />and a narrative of the assessment findings. The agency is required to submit community action plans to <br />address the selected priority issues. These plans are due to the Office of Healthy Carolinians/Health <br />Education by the first Friday in March unless the Agency's Healthy Carolinians Partnership is submitting an <br />application for certification/recertification, in which case the community action plans can be submitted at <br />that time as part.of the application. The CHA will include data analysis of those indicators that are listed in <br />the accreditation self-assessment. <br />11. The Department shall provide formal training for their Board of Health (BOH) members through DHHS <br />sponsored offerings through the Eastern Area Health Education Center/Bast Carolina University partnership. <br />
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