Referred to: The Legislative Programs, Education and Community Services

Committee (Chairman Wawro and Legislators Berky, Delaune, Donaldson and

Lopez)

Chairman of the Legislative Programs, Education and Community Services

Committee, Mary Wawro, and Deputy Chairman David B. Donaldson offer the

following:

 WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted by the County Executive on

behalf of the Ulster County Office for the Aging; and

WHEREAS, the New York State Office for the Aging has notified Ulster

County that as a grant recipient Ulster County must enter into a Memorandum of

Agreement regarding the use of an entry of data into a statewide database or system

of records owned or maintained by the New York State Office for the Aging; and

WHEREAS, the New York State Office for the Aging has notified Ulster

County that as a grant recipient, Ulster County must enter into a Data Use

Agreement regarding the access and use by the New York State Office for the Aging

of data owned by the Ulster County Office for the Aging into the PeerPlace CloudBased Data Management System; and

WHEREAS, the New York State Office for the Aging has notified Ulster

County that as a grant recipient of the NY Connects Program and the Balancing

Incentive Program (BIP), the County must sign a new Business Associate Agreement

regarding the Agency’s responsibilities concerning the use and disclosure of

protected health information including the Health Insurance Portability and

Accountability Act; and

WHEREAS, the Director of the Office for the Aging requests the Chairman of

the Ulster County Legislature be authorized to execute the Business Associate

Agreement, the Data Use Agreement and the Memorandum of Agreement with

required assurances, and any amendments thereto; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Ulster County Legislature is hereby

authorized to execute the agreement with required assurances, and any amendments

thereto, with the New York State Office for the Aging for the NY Connects and the

Balancing Incentive Program in the form as filed with the Clerk of the Ulster County

Legislature or as modified with the approval of the County Attorney; and moves its

adoption; 

and moves its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

 AYES: 22 NOES: 0

 (Absent: Legislator Briggs)

Passed Committee: Legislative Programs, Education and Community Services on

November 14, 2016

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

NONE

STATE OF NEW YORK

 ss:

COUNTY OF ULSTER

I, the undersigned Clerk of the Legislature of the County of Ulster, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is

the original resolution adopted by the Ulster County Legislature on the 22nd Day of November in the year Two Thousand

and Sixteen, and said resolution shall remain on file in the office of said clerk.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the County of Ulster this 23rd Day of

November in the year Two Thousand and Sixteen.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

Ulster County Legislature

Submitted to the County Executive this Approved by the County Executive this

23rd Day of November, 2016. 30th Day of November, 2016.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella |s| Michael P. Hein

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Michael P. Hein, County Executive

Ulster County Legislature