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APPENDIXB BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AGREEMENT This Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into this ...lfil_ day of January, 2019, by and between Kittias County Public Health ("Covered Entity"), whose business address is 507 N Nanum #102, Ellensburg, WA 98926 and Washington State Associate of Local Public Health Officials (WSALPHO)_ ("Business Associate"), whose business address is 206 10 th Ave. SE., Olympia, WA 98501-1311. WHEREAS, Business Associate is in the business of providing oversight activities of the Health Care Authority (HCA) working with the Local Health Jurisdiction (LHJ) Medicaid Administrative Claiming (MAC) Steering Committee to provide coordination and program compliance among participating LHJ s ("Offering"); and WHEREAS, Covered Entity wishes to engage, or has engaged, Business Associate in connection with said Offering, NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual promises herein contained, it is agreed as follows: 1. Definitions. Terms used, but not otherwise defined in this Agreement, shall have the same meaning as those terms in the Privacy Rule, Security Rule, and HITECH Act. a. Agent. "Agent" shall have the meaning as determined in accordance with the federal common law of agency. b. Breach. "Breach" shall have the same meaning as the term "breach" in 45 CFR §164.402. c. Business Associate. "Business Associate" shall mean WSALPHO. d. Covered Entity. "Covered Entity" shall mean [Local Health Jurisdiction]. e. Data Aggregation. "Data Aggregation" shall have the same meaning as the term "data aggregation" in 45 CFR §164.501. f. Designated Record Set. "Designated Record Set" shall have the same meaning as the term "designated record set" in 45 CFR §164.501. g. Disclosure. "Disclosure" and "Disclose" shall have the same meaning as the term "Disclosure" in 45 CFR § 160.103. h. Electronic Health Record. "Electronic Health Record" shall have the same meaning as the term in Section 13400 of the HITECH Act. 1