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F03223 RESOLUTION #03- 0 Q;1. ~ A RESOLUTION APPROVING DESIGNATION OF HALL COUNTY AS A HYBRID ENTITY FOR PURPOSES OF HIP AA COMPLIANCE WHEREAS, pursuant to Neb.Rev.Stat. 923-104(6) (Reissue 1997), Hall County has the power to do all acts in relation to the concerns of the County necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Neb.Rev.Stat. 923-103 (Reissue 1997), the powers of a County as a body are exercised by the County Board; and, WHEREAS, Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIP AA"), governing the protection of and release of Protected Health Infonnation ("PHI"); and, ~._----~--~_. --~-- WHEREAS, entities such as Hall County are impacted by HIP AA because of the Health Plan and Health Care aspects of county government which contain PHI; and, WHEREAS, Hall County has already established a HIP AA Compliance Initiative, appointed a HIP AA Coordinator, and appointed and recognized a HIP AA Steering Committee, so that Hall County will meet the federal mandates imposed by HIP AA; and, WHEREAS, Hall County contains a number of departments, divisions, or programs, or offices housed within the buildings maintained and administrated by Hall County, which handle individually identifiable health infonnation ("IIHA"), and must comply with HIP AA requirements; however, Hall County contains a number of departments, divisions, or programs, or offices housed within the buildings maintained by Hall County, which fall outside of the scope of HIP AA because they do not handle IIHI, or because they have only minimal and incidental contact with IIHI; and, WHEREAS, to develop and further implement a HIP AA Compliance Plan, Hall County must designate in writing which County functions are within HIP AA's scope and which are not; and, WHEREAS, Hall County has determined that it should be designated as a "hybrid covered entity" for purposes of HIP AA implementation; and, WHEREAS, Hall County, through its HIP AA Coordinator, has developed a list setting forth those county departments, divisions, or programs, or offices housed within the buildings maintained and administrated by Hall County, which would be considered "health care components"