26.2 Covered Components in the ¶¶ÒõÉçÇø¶ÌÊÓƵ HCC
(Last Modified on November 14, 2019)
Covered Components of the ¶¶ÒõÉçÇø¶ÌÊÓƵ HCC include any portion of the University System Office (USO) or any ¶¶ÒõÉçÇø¶ÌÊÓƵ Institution that:
- Engage in Covered Functions; or
- Perform Business Associate activities for another component of ¶¶ÒõÉçÇø¶ÌÊÓƵ engaged in covered functions activities.
(Please see definitions of covered functions and business associate in Section 26.1.)
Components of ¶¶ÒõÉçÇø¶ÌÊÓƵ that could be engaged in covered functions may include:
- Medical centers and clinics;
- Clinical operations that, as individual organizational units, perform covered functions (i.e., engage in covered transactions as health care providers);
- Student Health/Counseling Centers to the extent they engage in non-exempt covered functions for healthcare services to non-students;
- Internal Employee Assistance programs that are staffed by ¶¶ÒõÉçÇø¶ÌÊÓƵ employees and operated using ¶¶ÒõÉçÇø¶ÌÊÓƵ resources;
- Occupational Health Centers that provide clinical services; and
- Any other ¶¶ÒõÉçÇø¶ÌÊÓƵ entity that engages in covered functions with Protected Health Information.