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<br />1 reinstated in lhe Federal heallh care programs after a pcriod of exclusion, suspension, debarment, or <br />2 ineligibility. <br />3 2. CONTRACTOR shall screen prospective Covered Individuals prior to hire or engagement. <br />4 CONTRACTOR shall not hire or engagc any Ineligible Person to provide services relative (0 this <br />5 Agreement. <br />6 3. CONTRACTOR shall screen all current Covered Individuals semi-armually (January and <br />7 July) to ensure that they have not become Ineligible Persons. <br />8 4. Covered Individuals shall be required to disclose to CONTRACTOR immediately any <br />9 debarment, exclusion or other event that makes the Covered Individual an Ineligible Person. <br />10 CONTRACTOR shall notify COUNTY immediately upou such disclosure. <br />11 5. CONTRACTOR acknowledges that Ineligible Persons are precluded from providing <br />12 Federal and State funded health care services by contract with COUNTY in the event that they are <br />13 currently sanctioned or excluded by a Federal or State law enforecment regulatory or licensing agency. <br />14 If CONTRACTOR becomes aware that a Covered Individual has become an Ineligiblc Pcrson, <br />15 CONTRACTOR shall remove such individual from responsibility for, or involvement with, RCA <br />16 business operations related to this Agreement. <br />17 D. COMPLIANCE TRAINING - ADMINISTRATOR shall make General Compliance Training <br />18 and Provider Compliance Training, where appropriate, available to Covered Individuals. <br />19 1. CONTRACTOR shall use its best efforts to encourage attendance by Covered Individuals. <br />20 2. Such training will be made available to Covered Individuals within ninety (90) calendar <br />21 days of employment or engagement. <br />22 3. Such training will be made available to each Covercd Individual armually. <br />23 4. Each Covered Individual attending training shall certify, in writing, attcndanee at <br />24 compliance training. ADMINISTRATOR shall retain the certifications. <br />25 <br />26 III. CONFIDENTIALITY <br />27 A. CONTRACTOR shall maintain the confidentiality of all records, including billings and any <br />28 audio and/or video recordings, in accordance with all applicable Federal, State, and County codes and <br />29 regulations, as they now exist or may hereafter be amended or changed. <br />30 B. Prior to providing any services pursuant to this Agreement, all members of the Board of <br />3 I Directors, or its designee or authorized agent, employees, subcontractors, and volunteer staff or interns <br />32 of CONTRACTOR shall agree, in writing, with CONTRACTOR to maintain the confidentiality of any <br />33 and all information and records which may be obtained in the course of providing such services. The <br />34 agreement shaIl specify that it is effective irrespective of all subsequent resiguations or terminations of <br />35 CONTRACTOR'S Board members, or its designee, employees, subcontractors, and volunteers or <br />36 interns. <br />37 II <br /> <br />50f14 <br /> <br />X:\CONTRACT 2006-07\OclelIlmtSfty-Santa Ana City-06-07-HH.doc <br /> <br />KK07 <br />