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. bs X30 HIPAA-AS ADDENDUM TO ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT This addendum ("Addendum") is effective upon execution and amends that Administrative Services Agreement ("Agreement") made as of October 1 , 1996 by and among Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc . ("Administrator") ; Indian River County ("Employer") and Indian River County Group Health Plan ("GHP") . WHEREAS , Employer has established and maintains GHP as a self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, as described in GHP ' s Plan Document (referred to in the Agreement as the Group Health Plan) ; and WHEREAS , Employer and GHP desire to retain Administrator to provide certain claim processing and administrative services with respect to GHP ; and WHEREAS , Employer, GHP , and Administrator agree to modify the Agreement to incorporate the provisions of this Addendum to address applicable requirements of the implementing regulations, codified at 45 Code of Federal Regulations ("C . F . R. ") Parts 160-64 , for the Administrative Simplification provisions of Title 11, Subtitle F of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (collectively, "HIPAA-AS ") , so that GHP may meet its compliance obligations under HIPAA-AS , and to include additional provisions that Employer, GHP , and Administrator desire to have as part of the Agreement ; NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, Employer, GHP , and Administrator hereby agree as follows : PART 1—DEFINITIONS L DEFINITIONS All capitalized terms in this Addendum that are not defined by this Addendum will have the meaning ascribed to them by 45 C . F . R. Parts 160- 64 . The following terms have the following meanings when used in this Addendum : A . "Covered Employee" means the person to whom coverage under GHP has been extended by Employer. B . "Covered Person" means the Covered Employee and any other persons to whom coverage has been extended under GHP as specified by GHP ' s Plan Document . C . "Creditable Coverage Certificate" means a certificate disclosing information relating to an individual ' s creditable coverage under a health care benefit program for purposes of reducing any preexisting condition limitation or exclusion imposed by any group health plan coverage . D . "Disclose" and "disclosure" mean, with respect to Protected Health Information, release, transfer, providing access to or divulging to a person or entity not within Administrator. E . "Electronic Protected Health Information" means Protected Health Information that is ( 1 ) transmitted by electronic media or (2 ) maintained in electronic media. F . "Protected Health Information" means the Protected Health Information, as that term is defined in 45 C . F . R. § 160 . 103 , that Administrator creates or receives for, on behalf of, or from GHP (or from a GHP Business Associate) in the performance of Administrator ' s 1 HIPAA\BA Amend to ASO Agmt - fini August 12 , 2004