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Agreement. <br />"Health Care Authority" or "HCA" means the Washington State Health Care Authority, <br />any division, section, office, unit or other entity of HCA, or any of the officers or other <br />officials lawfully representing HCA <br />"Health Disparities" means "a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with <br />social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage. Health disparities adversely affect <br />groups of people who have systematically experienced greater obstacles to health based <br />on their racial or ethnic group; religion; socioeconomic status; gender; age; mental health; <br />cognitive sensory, or physical disability; sexual orientation or gender identity; geographic <br />location; or other characteristics historically linked to discrimination or exclusion." (Healthy <br />People 2020) <br />"Health Equity" means the "attainment of the highest level of health for all people. <br />Achieving health equity requires valuing everyone equally with focused and ongoing <br />societal efforts to address avoidable inequalities, historical and contemporary injustices, <br />and the elimination of health and health care disparities." (Healthy People 2020) <br />"Innovation Program" means a program that does not fall into the other categories of <br />Evidenced-based, Research-based, or Promising. <br />"Media materials and publications" means (1) News Release: A brief written <br />announcement the agency provides to reporters highlighting key events, research, results, <br />new funding and programs, and other news; (2) Paid Media: Any advertising space/time <br />that is purchased for prevention/coalition messages )printed publications/newspapers, <br />online, outdoor, on-screen, TV and radio); (3) Earned Media: Published news stories (print, <br />broadcast or online) resulting from the Contractor's Agreements with reporters; (4) Donated <br />Media, including public service announcements. Any free advertising space or time from <br />broadcast, print, outdoor, online, and other advertising vendors; (5) Social Media: Also <br />referred to as new media: messaged posted online of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, <br />lnstagram, Snapchat and similar sites. <br />"Overpayment" means any payment or benefit to the Contractor in excess of that to which <br />the Contractor is entitled by law, rule, or this Agreement, including amounts in dispute. <br />"Partnership for Success" or "PFS" means the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental <br />Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Grant 2013 and 2018, CFDA number 93.243. <br />"Promising Program" means a program that is based on statistical analyses or a well- <br />established theory of change, shows potential for meeting the "evidence-based" or <br />"research-based" criteria, and could include the use of a program that is evidenced-based <br />for outcomes other than the alternative use. <br />"Proprietary Information" means information owned by Contractor to which Contractor <br />claims a protectable interest under law. Proprietary Information includes, but is not limited <br />Washington State <br />Health Care Authority Page 8 of90 HCA Contract No. K3924