This HIPAA Compliance Clause template is a guide for assisting the health care components of the District of Columbia, a hybrid entity with covered and non-covered business activities, to comply with the business associate contract requirements of the implementing regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164) (the “Privacy Rule”) under Title II, Subtitle F of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). This HIPAA Compliance Clause’s contract terms contain the “satisfactory assurance” required by the Privacy Rule to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of protected health information (“PHI”) that a business associate may create or receive for or from the [insert agency name].