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A G R E E M E N T
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 22nd day of September, 2020, by and between
the COUNTY OF FRESNO, a Political Subdivision of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as
"COUNTY", and Terranova Worldwide Corporation , a Canadian For-Profit Corporation, whose address is
1545 boul. Del’Avenir, Laval, Quebec, Canada, H7S 2N5, hereinafter referred to as "CONTRACTOR".
COUNTY and CONTRACTOR are referred to herein, collectively as “Parties” or “Party” individually.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, COUNTY, through its Department of Public Health, administers training for County staff
pertaining to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH) and requirements relative
to the provision of healthcare related services to County’s service recipients; and
WHEREAS, COUNTY requires a qualified vendor that is capable and experienced to provide a
customized HIPAA web-based training for County use; and
WHEREAS, CONTRACTOR has the demonstrated experience, knowledge and expertise in the
provision of customized and hosted HIPAA web-based training; and
WHEREAS, Parties entered into Agreement No. 16-032, January 26, 2016 for the provision of
customized and hosted HIPAA web-based training; and
WHEREAS, County Agreement No. 16-032 expires on January 26, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Parties mutually desire for CONTRACTOR to continue to provide to COUNTY the
same services they have provided under County Agreement No. 16-032 upon its termination; and
WHEREAS, CONTRACTOR desires to continue to provide customized web-based, hosted training
services to COUNTY.
NOW, THEREFORE, COUNTY and CONTRACTOR, in consideration of the mutual covenants,
terms and conditions herein contained, hereto agree as follows:
1.RESPONSIBILITIES OF CONTRACTOR
A.CONTRACTOR shall perform all services and fulfill all responsibilities set forth in
the Scope of Services, Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
Agreement No. 20-352
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B.CONTRACTOR shall make the Micro-learning Topics and Nano-learning
Modules, listed in Exhibit B hereto, available to COUNTY for use no later than February 25, 2021.
C.CONTRACTOR shall provide up to 40 hours of course material customization,
upon COUNTY’s written request, that is separate from any customization necessitated due to a change
in HIPAA law.
2.OBLIGATIONS OF THE COUNTY
A.Should additional customization to CONTRACTOR’s web-based, hosted training
course material be requested by COUNTY, COUNTY shall make available to CONTRACTOR all
customization materials necessary to CONTRACTOR pursuant to Exhibit A.
B.COUNTY shall make a primary contact available to CONTRACTOR as the
COUNTY’s primary liaison for HIPAA web-based training customization and maintenance throughout
the full term of this Agreement.
3.TERM
The term of this Agreement shall be for a period of three (3) years, commencing on the 26th
day of January 2021 through and including the 25th day of January 2024. This Agreement may be
extended for two (2) additional consecutive twelve (12) month periods upon written approval of both parties
no later than thirty (30) days prior to the first day of the next twelve (12) month extension period. The
COUNTY’s DPH Director, or his or her designee, is authorized to execute such written approval on behalf
of COUNTY based on CONTRACTOR’s satisfactory performance.
4.TERMINATION
A.Non-Allocation of Funds - The terms of this Agreement, and the services to be
provided hereunder, are contingent on the approval of funds by the appropriating government agency.
Should sufficient funds not be allocated, the services provided may be modified, or this Agreement
terminated, at any time by giving the CONTRACTOR thirty (30) days advance written notice.
B.Breach of Contract - The COUNTY may immediately suspend or terminate this
Agreement in whole or in part, where in the determination of the COUNTY there is:
1)An illegal or improper use of funds;
2)A failure to comply with any term of this Agreement;
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3)A substantially incorrect or incomplete report submitted to the COUNTY;
4)Improperly performed service.
In no event shall any payment by the COUNTY constitute a waiver by the COUNTY of any breach
of this Agreement or any default which may then exist on the part of the CONTRACTOR. Neither shall
such payment impair or prejudice any remedy available to the COUNTY with respect to the breach or
default. The COUNTY shall have the right to demand of the CONTRACTOR the repayment to the
COUNTY of any funds disbursed to the CONTRACTOR under this Agreement, which in the judgment of
the COUNTY were not expended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The CONTRACTOR
shall promptly refund any such funds upon demand.
C.Without Cause - Under circumstances other than those set forth above, this
Agreement may be terminated by COUNTY upon the giving of thirty (30) days advance written notice of an
intention to term inate to CONTRACTOR.
5.COMPENSATION/INVOICING
COUNTY agrees to pay CONTRACTOR and CONTRACTOR agrees to receive
compensation at the rates specified in Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
In no event shall actual services performed and products provided under this Agreement be in excess of
Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($5,000) for customization services requested by COUNTY during the
term of this Agreement. In no event shall actual services performed and products provided under this
Agreement be in excess of Nineteen Thousand, Six Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($19,600) for annual
licenses to the Hosted Learning Management System and Micro & Nano-Learning Modules, as well as
related training products and materials for each twelve (12) month period (January 26 through January 25)
of this Agreement.
In no event shall the total maximum compensation for the full term of the Agreement exceed
One Hundred and Three Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($103,000). It is understood that all expenses
incidental to CONTRACTOR’s performance of actual services under this Agreement shall be borne by
CONTRACTOR.
CONTRACTOR shall invoice for each of the five (5) twelve (12) month periods of the
Agreement annually. CONTRACTOR shall submit an invoice to COUNTY in the amount of Nineteen
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Thousand, Six Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($19,600), in payment for a license to and yearly maintenance
of the hosted HIPAA web-based training. CONTRACTOR shall invoice COUNTY commensurate with
actual COUNTY customization requested services in arrears for customization services provided during the
preceding month, within forty-five (45) days after receipt and verification of CONTRACTOR’s invoices by
COUNTY’s Department of Public Health. If CONTRACTOR should fail to comply with any provision of this
Agreement, COUNTY shall be relieved of its obligation for further compensation.
6. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
In performance of the work, duties and obligations assumed by CONTRACTOR under this
Agreement, it is mutually understood and agreed that CONTRACTOR, including any and all of the
CONTRACTOR's officers, agents, and employees will at all times be acting and performing as an
independent contractor, and shall act in an independent capacity and not as an officer, agent, servant,
employee, joint venturer, partner, or associate of the COUNTY. Furthermore, COUNTY shall have no right
to control or supervise or direct the manner or method by which CONTRACTOR shall perform its work and
function. However, COUNTY shall retain the right to administer this Agreement so as to verify that
CONTRACTOR is performing its obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof.
CONTRACTOR and COUNTY shall comply with all applicable provisions of law and the
rules and regulations, if any, of governmental authorities having jurisdiction over matters the subject
thereof.
Because of its status as an independent contractor, CONTRACTOR shall have absolutely no
right to employment rights and benefits available to COUNTY employees. CONTRACTOR shall be solely
liable and responsible for providing to, or on behalf of, its employees all legally-required employee benefits.
In addition, CONTRACTOR shall be solely responsible and save COUNTY harmless from all matters
relating to payment of CONTRACTOR's employees, including compliance with Social Security withholding
and all other regulations governing such matters. It is acknowledged that during the term of this
Agreement, CONTRACTOR may be providing services to others unrelated to the COUNTY or to this
Agreement.
7. MODIFICATION
Any matters of this Agreement may be modified from time to time by the written consent of
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all the parties without, in any way, affecting the remainder.
8.NON-ASSIGNMENT
Neither party shall assign, transfer or sub-contract this Agreement nor their rights or duties
under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party.
9.HOLD HARMLESS
CONTRACTOR agrees to indemnify, save, hold harmless, and at COUNTY's request,
defend the COUNTY, its officers, agents, and employees from any and all costs and expenses (including
attorney’s fees and costs), damages, liabilities, claims, and losses occurring or resulting to COUNTY in
connection with the performance, or failure to perform, by CONTRACTOR, its officers, agents, or
employees under this Agreement, and from any and all costs and expenses (including attorney’s fees and
costs), damages, liabilities, claims, and losses occurring or resulting to any person, firm, or corporation who
may be injured or damaged by the performance, or failure to perform, of CONTRACTOR, its officers,
agents, or employees under this Agreement.
10.INSURANCE
Without limiting the COUNTY's right to obtain indemnification from CONTRACTOR or any
third parties, CONTRACTOR, at its sole expense, shall maintain in full force and effect, the following
insurance policies or a program of self-insurance, including but not limited to, an insurance pooling
arrangement or Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) throughout the term of the Agreement:
A.Commercial General Liability - Commercial General Liability Insurance with limits of
not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per occurrence and an annual aggregate of Four Million
Dollars ($4,000,000.00). This policy shall be issued on a per occurrence basis. COUNTY may require
specific coverages including completed operations, products liability, contractual liability, Explosion-
Collapse-Underground, fire legal liability, or any other liability insurance deemed necessary because of the
nature of this contract.
B.Automobile Liability - Comprehensive Automobile Liability Insurance with limits of not
less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per accident for bodily injury and for property damages.
Coverage should include any auto used in connection with this Agreement.
C.Professional Liability - If CONTRACTOR employs licensed professional staff (e.g.,
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Ph.D., R.N., L.C.S.W., M.F.C.C.) in providing services, Professional Liability Insurance with limits of not less
than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence, Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) annual
aggregate.
D. Worker's Compensation - A policy of Worker's Compensation insurance as may be
required by the California Labor Code.
E. Additional Requirements Relating to Insurance - CONTRACTOR shall obtain
endorsements to the Commercial General Liability insurance naming the County of Fresno, its officers,
agents, and employees, individually and collectively, as additional insured, but only insofar as the
operations under this Agreement are concerned. Such coverage for additional insured shall apply as
primary insurance and any other insurance, or self-insurance, maintained by COUNTY, its officers, agents
and employees shall be excess only and not contributing with insurance provided under CONTRACTOR's
policies herein. This insurance shall not be cancelled or changed without a minimum of thirty (30) days
advance written notice given to COUNTY.
CONTRACTOR hereby waives its right to recover from COUNTY, its officers, agents, and
employees any amounts paid by the policy of worker’s compensation insurance required by this
Agreement. CONTRACTOR is solely responsible to obtain any endorsement to such policy that may be
necessary to accomplish such waiver of subrogation, but CONTRACTOR’s waiver of subrogation under
this paragraph is effective whether or not CONTRACTOR obtains such an endorsement.
Within Thirty (30) days from the date CONTRACTOR signs and executes this Agreement,
CONTRACTOR shall provide certificates of insurance and endorsement as stated above for all of the
foregoing policies, as required herein, to the County of Fresno, Department of Public Health, P.O. Box
11867. Fresno, California, 93775, Attention: Contracts Section – 6th Floor, stating that such insurance
coverage have been obtained and are in full force; that the County of Fresno, its officers, agents and
employees will not be responsible for any premiums on the policies; that for such worker’s compensation
insurance the CONTRACTOR has waived its right to recover from the COUNTY its officers, agents, and
employees any amounts paid under the insurance policy and that waiver does not invalidate the insurance
policy; that such Commercial General Liability insurance names the County of Fresno, its officers, agents
and employees, individually and collectively, as additional insured, but only insofar as the operations under
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this Agreement are concerned; that such coverage for additional insured shall apply as primary insurance
and any other insurance, or self-insurance, maintained by COUNTY, its officers, agents and employees,
shall be excess only and not contributing with insurance provided under CONTRACTOR's policies herein;
and that this insurance shall not be cancelled or changed without a minimum of thirty (30) days advance,
written notice given to COUNTY.
In the event CONTRACTOR fails to keep in effect at all times insurance coverage as herein
provided, the COUNTY may, in addition to other remedies it may have, suspend or terminate this
Agreement upon the occurrence of such event.
All policies shall be issued by admitted insurers licensed to do business in the State of California,
and such insurance shall be purchased from companies possessing a current A.M. Best, Inc. rating of A
FSC VII or better.
11.AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS
The CONTRACTOR shall at any time during business hours, and as often as the COUNTY
may deem necessary, make available to the COUNTY for examination all of its records and data with
respect to the matters covered by this Agreement. The CONTRACTOR shall, upon request by the
COUNTY, permit the COUNTY to audit and inspect all of such records and data necessary to ensure
CONTRACTOR's compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
If this Agreement exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), CONTRACTOR shall be
subject to the examination and audit of the Auditor General for a period of three (3) years after final
payment under contract (Government Code Section 8546.7).
12.NOTICES
The persons and their addresses having authority to give and receive notices under this
Agreement include the following:
COUNTY CONTRACTOR
Director, Count of Fresno Lise Lapointe
Department of Public Health Terranova Worldwide Corporation
P.O. Box 11867 1545 boul. De l’Avenir
Fresno, CA 93775 Laval, Quebec, Canada, H7S 2N5
All notices between the COUNTY and CONTRACTOR provided for or permitted under this
Agreement must be in writing and delivered either by personal service, by first-class United States mail, by
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an overnight commercial courier service, or by telephonic facsimile transmission. A notice delivered by
personal service is effective upon service to the recipient. A notice delivered by first-class United States
mail is effective three COUNTY business days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to the recipient. A notice delivered by an overnight commercial courier service is effective one
COUNTY business day after deposit with the overnight commercial courier service, delivery fees prepaid,
with delivery instructions given for next day delivery, addressed to the recipient. A notice delivered by
telephonic facsimile is effective when transmission to the recipient is completed (but, if such transmission is
completed outside of COUNTY business hours, then such delivery shall be deemed to be effective at the
next beginning of a COUNTY business day), provided that the sender maintains a machine record of the
completed transmission. For all claims arising out of or related to this Agreement, nothing in this section
establishes, waives, or modifies any claims presentation requirements or procedures provided by law,
including but not limited to the Government Claims Act (Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code,
beginning with section 810).
13. GOVERNING LAW
Venue for any action arising out of or related to this Agreement shall only be in Fresno
County, California.
The rights and obligations of the parties and all interpretation and performance of this
Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of California.
14. CONFIDENTIALITY
All services performed by CONTRACTOR under this Agreement shall be in strict
conformance with all applicable Federal, State of California and/or local laws and regulations relating to
confidentiality.
15. DISCLOSURE OF SELF-DEALING TRANSACTIONS
This provision is only applicable if the CONTRACTOR is operating as a corporation (a
for-profit or non-profit corporation) or if during the term of the agreement, the CONTRACTOR changes
its status to operate as a corporation.
Members of the CONTRACTOR’s Board of Directors shall disclose any self-dealing
transactions that they are a party to while CONTRACTOR is providing goods or performing services
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under this Agreement. A self-dealing transaction shall mean a transaction to which the CONTRACTOR
is a party and in which one or more of its directors has a material financial interest. Members of the
Board of Directors shall disclose any self-dealing transactions that they are a party to by comple ting and
signing a Self-Dealing Transaction Disclosure Form, attached hereto as Exhibit C and incorporated
herein by reference, and submitting it to the COUNTY prior to commencing with the self-dealing
transaction or immediately thereafter.
16.ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement, including Exhibits A, B, and C, constitutes the entire agreement between
the CONTRACTOR and COUNTY with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous
Agreement negotiations, proposals, commitments, writings, advertisements, publications, and
understanding of any nature whatsoever unless expressly included in this Agreement.
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1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day
2 and year first hereinabove written.
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COUNTY OF FRESNO
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Ernest Buddy Mende ~airman of the
Board of Supervisors of the County of
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Bernice E . Seidel
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
County of Fresno , State of California
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Exhibit A
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Scope of Services
The COUNTY was designated a hybrid entity for HIPAA purposes by the Fresno County Board
of Supervisors in October 2002 and within the designated hybrid entity are the HIPAA covered
component departments and programs. The COUNTY’s Department of Public Health and
Department of Behavioral Health make up the majority of covered entity staff who are required
to be HIPAA trained. The COUNTY also provides operational support services to its Public
Health and Behavioral Health departments through various other covered enti ty departments
and programs such as the Auditor-Controller’s Audits and General Accounting Divisions, the
County Clerk’s Records Management Unit and the Internal Services Department.
COUNTY policy requires that each of the covered component departments or programs must
provide HIPAA training to its workforce members within forty -five (45) days of the start of
employment and at least annually thereafter. The COUNTY typically trains 2,000 to 2,500 full-
time, part-time, contracted, student, and intern workforce members annually, but have trained
as many as 3,500 annually in the past ; therefore, the COUNTY needs to have the capability to
train up to 3,500 workforce members annually. The actual number of workforce members
trained each year is dependent upon several factors including staff turnover and attrition;
therefore, the COUNTY does not guarantee a minimum level of usage.
The COUNTY requires the CONTRACTOR to provide customized web-based, hosted training
services to COUNTY for the purpose of training COUNTY’s designated covered component
department and program workforce members. The content of the tra ining will serve as the core
training for privacy and security compliance knowledge that is required by the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology
Economics and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH).
Training services shall be provided in consideration of and in adherence to the following
components:
I.Fundamental Requirements
1.The training shall comply with the requirements of HIPAA Privacy and Security (45
CFR, Parts 160 and 164) law.
2.Emphasize the HIPAA Privacy Rule specific to the confidentiality of protected health
information (PHI) in medical and behavioral health care settings and health care
employee required compliance with maintaining client confidentiality.
3.Include Information Technology (IT) security information appropriate for th e end user
and information on the privacy and security of electronic protected health information
(ePHI).
4.Include information about other federal and state laws and regulations that pertain to
the privacy of health care information that the Departments of Public Health and
Behavioral Health are subject to, as applicable.
Exhibit A
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5.At a minimum, comprehensive initial training and an abbreviated training shall be
provided:
A.The comprehensive, initial training will be given to workforce members upon
hire.
B.The abbreviated training will be given to workforce members at least annually
thereafter and/or as needed to provide compliance.
II.Training Design and Customization Requirements
1.The training shall be web-based.
2.The training shall comply with the requirements of HIPAA Privacy and Security (45
CFR, Parts 160 and 164) law.
3.The training shall remain legally accurate. The CONTRACTOR shall continuously
monitor the law throughout the duration of the agreement. If the law changes in a
way that would necessitate a change in training content, the CONTRACTOR shall
update the training appropriately and shall provide access to the updated training to
the COUNTY at no additional charge. The updated training shall be provided within
thirty (30) days of the effective date of the change in law.
4.If a COUNTY program changes in a way that would necessitate a change in training
content after the initial final training has been approved and ma de available for use
by COUNTY, the CONTRACTOR shall update the training per COUNTY’s
specifications. The COUNTY requested change should be completed within thirty
(30)days of request by COUNTY.
5.The training shall be designed and delivered in a manner s uch that learners cannot
advance through screens or modules without gaining knowledge. The training shall
be structured in a way that requires workforce members to complete every page of
the instruction. That is, workforce members will not be able to skip through the
material but will have to be exposed to all instruction. Workforce members who have
not completed every page of instruction will not be able to enter the end -of-training
assessment, which will be required for a participant to be certified as having
completed the training.
6.The training shall focus on behavior. The instruction shall follow these important
principles:
A.Instead of providing a simplistic list of “do ’s and don’ts”, the training program
will focus on exploring the nuances of “gra y area” situations.
B.Instruction shall be legally accurate but written in practical easy-to-understand
terms. Rather than relying on legal terminology, instruction should:
Exhibit A
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1) Distill statutes, cases, and regulations into clear behavioral principles;
2) Teach workforce members those principles; and
3) Require workforce members to apply those principles to real-life scenarios
(specific to behavioral health and public health preferred) that they may
encounter in the workplace.
C. The training shall be highly interactive and include numerous engaging
exercises that help workforce members explore the nuances of the law.
Examples should be realistic and structured around complicated work
scenarios.
7. The training shall include a way to ensure that all workforce members have learned
the material by utilizing a post-test assessment that requires a minimum passing
score of 70%.
8. The training shall provide an easy to use report function and be provided in a format
that will allow the COUNTY to maintain a record of workforce member training
details.
A. At a minimum, the reports must:
1) Have the ability to track workforce members’ progress and status of having
completed or not completed the training,
2) Be available to specified COUNTY supervisors and administrators and
must include workforce members’ names and other unique identifier (e.g.,
unique individual email address, Employee Number), departments,
supervisor, date and time of training completion, and post -test assessment.
3) Include workforce members that did not achieve a 70% or better on the
post-test assessment.
4) Have the option of allowing differing layers of administrative control and
access to the training records at COUNTY’s discretion.
9. The training shall accommodate retraining on an individual basis as needed without
the use of an additional user license for a workforce member who has already been
granted a user license during the same year period.
10. The training shall be interactive and include audio -visual scenarios to engage
learners. Text only courses will not be sufficient.
11. The training shall incorporate a COUNTY introductory video to be added to the
beginning the training courses at COUNTY’s discretion. This video may be updated
and/or changed periodically dependent upon the change of Privacy Office staff.
COUNTY shall provide the video in a format agreeable to CONTRACTOR.
12. The training shall be easy to navigate by using a mouse to click on a simple set of
buttons (e.g., forward, back, replay). The training shall also provide a navigation
help feature that describes how to move about in the training.
Exhibit A
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13.The training shall provide the ability for the workforce member to start, stop, and
come back to the training for completion. With this feature, workforce members need
not complete the training in one sitting; if they exit the training, their place must be
saved. When they return to the training, they must be returned to the section where
they left off.
14.The training shall provide audio instruction and all audio shall also be provided in text
form. In order to accommodate multiple learning styles and to make the training as
engaging as possible, it shall contain extensive audio, both narration and within
scenarios. All words spoken in the training shall also be available as text (closed
captioning). The training shall not be written at a higher than a high school reading
level.
15.Upon COUNTY request, CONTRACTOR will work with COUNTY to add additional
content that covers the roles and responsibilities of supervisors and managers with
regard to HIPAA compliance and reporting of incidents. This could be accomplished
by offering an extra module of the training that only COUNTY -identified supervisors
and managers would have to complete.
16.The initial comprehensive training shall require the average workforce member no
more than three (3) hours to complete and the abbreviated training shall require no
more than one (1) hour to complete.
17.The training shall be customized for the County of Fresno by use of the County Seal
and by including instructions in the training specific to the County’s HIPAA
Management Directives and specific incident and breach reporting procedures, at
COUNTY’s discretion.
III.Miscellaneous Requirements
1.The training shall be updated at least annually throughout the term of the agreement
to reflect any changes to HIPAA, HITECH, or other privacy or security law.
2.Both the comprehensive and abbreviated trainings must be consistently available to
the COUNTY in order to train new employees as they are hired throughout the year
and then on an annual basis thereafter.
3.Access to the training will be provide d to up to 3,500 COUNTY workforce members
(users).
4.CONTRACTOR must provide support to key administrative staff as identified by
COUNTY. CONTRACTOR will be required to respond to designated key staff within
one (1) business day. COUNTY and CONTRACTOR will mutually agree on a
timeframe for any training fixes requiring greater than one (1) busin ess day for
resolution.
Exhibit A
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IV.Project Timeframe
1.Should additional customization be requested by COUNTY, COUNTY shall provide
customization materials to CONTRACTOR to allow for a rollout date for the new
customized material to be made available to COUNTY’s work force member users
within fourteen (14) days of providing customization materials to CONTRACTOR or
upon an mutually agreed upon date , if more than (14) days.
2.COUNTY shall make a COUNTY HIPAA designated staff available to
CONTRACTOR to confer with and to answer questions pertaining to the
customization requirements.
3.The training, including the Micro -learning Topics and Nano-learning Modules (see
Exhibit B), shall be fully delivered and fully operational within thirty (30) days of the
contract being fully executed, in consideration of all necessary input being provided
to the CONTRACTOR by the COUNTY.
V. COUNTY’S OBJECTIVES
The COUNTY’s objective is to provide its covered entity workforce members with
comprehensive and engaging privacy and security tra ining that is up-to-date and will
increase their knowledge and compliance with HIPAA, HITECH, and other privacy laws.
Upon completion of the CONTRACTOR provided training services, COUNTY workforce
members are expected to meet the following training object ives and outcomes:
1.Develop a greater understanding of HIPAA and other privacy regulations.
2.Understand the rights of COUNTY’s patients/clients.
3.Be able to identify what constitutes PHI.
4.Understand what the “minimum necessary” standard is.
5.Understand what PHI can be used or disclosed, who can use it, and to whom it can
be disclosed.
6.Understand the ways in which PHI can be used specific to public health activities
(what constitutes public health activities).
7.Understand the ways in which PHI can be used specific to emergency preparedness,
planning, and response operations.
8.Understand additional confidentiality requirements when dealing with PHI specific to
HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases, mental heal th, substance abuse, and
other extremely sensitive health information that is protected by California or federal
law.
Exhibit A
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9.Understand how to apply HIPAA and privacy regulation requirements in their daily
routines and responsibilities.
10.Develop an understanding that covered entities and individuals can be subject to
internal sanctions and civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply and what the
consequences of non-compliance are to the client, the County, and to the workforce
member (including licensed workforce members).
11.Understand their responsibility to report to a supervisor or manager if they suspect a
privacy or security incident or breach has occurred.
12.Understand their responsibilities as supervisors and managers to monitor HIPAA
compliance of their staff, report suspecte d privacy or security incidents or breaches
to the Privacy Officer and/or Security Officer (or designees) immediately, and to
assist the Privacy Officer and/or Security Officer (or designees) in the investigation of
the incident or breach.
13.Understand the County process of incident investigation, state and federal reporting,
and client notification in the case of a breach.
14.Be reminded that the County of Fresno has HIPAA Management Directives that they
must be familiar with and abide by.
15.Understand business associate relationships.
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Agreement with Terranova WW Corporation
Budget
Exhibit B
Products Details
Year 1 Year 2
(Maintenance)
Year 3
(Maintenance)
Year 4
(Maintenance)
Year 5
(Maintenance)
HIPAA Privacy Awareness Course Up to 3,500
Users
English
Included Included Included Included Included
HIPAA Privacy Awareness Refresher
Course
Up to
3,500
Users
English
Included Included Included Included Included
HIPAA Information Security
Awareness Refresher Course Up to
3,500
Users
English
Included Included Included Included Included
HIPAA Information Security
Awareness Course
Up to
3,500
Users
$19,600.00 $19,600.00 $19,600.00 $19,600.00 $19,600.00
(34 modules)
1.Introduction to Information Security
2.Passwords
3.Email
4.The Clean Desk Principle
5.Social Networks
6.Mobile Users
7.Physical Protection
8.Privacy
9.Malware
10.Responsible use of the Internet at work
11.Identity Theft
12.Phishing
13.Information Lifecycle
14.Information Classification
15.Intellectual Property
16.Access Control
17.Confidentiality on the Web
18.The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend
19.Social Engineering
20.Smartphones
21.Cloud Computing
22.Mobile Devices
23.Traveling Safety
24.Protecting Card Data
25.Protecting Your Home Computer
26.Ransomware
27.Responsible Use of the Internet
28.Smartphones
29.Social Engineering
30.Social Networks
31.The Clean Desk Principle
32.Traveling Securely
33.Unintentional Insider Threat
34.Working Remotely
English
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Total Project Cost for Five (5) year Term $103,000.00
Micro-learning Topics
1.Access Control
2.Business Email Compromised (BEC)
3.Clean Desk
4.C-Level Email Impersonation
5.Handling Unidentified Individuals
6.Insider Threat
7.Mass Market Phishing
8.Malware - Risky USB
9.Physical Security
10.Ransomware
11.Smishing
12.Spear Phishing
13.Vishing
14.Web Phishing
15.Whaling
Included Included Included Included Included
Nano-learning Modules
1.Being Security Aware
2.Cyber Attack Detection
3.Identity Theft - Example of an Attack
4.Insider Threat
5.Phishing - Six Clues That Should
Raise Your Suspicions
6.Phishing - Ransomware
7.Phishing - Vishing
8.Phishing - Spear Phishing (CEO Fraud)
9.Phishing - Phishing Website
10.Phishing - Smishing
11.Phishing - Anatomy of a Spear
Phishing Attack
12.Preventing Security Breaches
13.Protecting Sensitive
information - Information
Handling
14.Social Engineering
15.Social Networks
16.Wi-Fi Security
Included Included Included Included Included
Learning Management System
(Hosted) 3500 Users Included Included Included Included Included
Communication Tools - (Posters,
Newsletters and Wallpapers) Included Included Included Included Included Included
Total – Annual Licenses $19,600.00 $19,600.00 $19,600.00 $19,600.00 $19,600.00 $19,600.00
Five Year Subtotal – ($19,600.00 x 5) For Annual Licenses, Hosted Learning Management System,
Micro- & Nano-Learning Modules $98,000.00
Optional Additional Charge – Customization of the HIPAA courses
including text, audio, links to policies, best practices, etc. upon
County request
40 hours at $125.00 per hour $5000.00
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Miscellaneous Information:
1.The licensing cost for courses and for
the LMS is annual
2.No tax will be charged to County of
Fresno, as Terranova Corporation is a
Canadian entity.
3.Quote expiration date: December
1st, 2020
Exhibit C
SELF-DEALING TRANSACTION DISCLOSURE FORM
In order to conduct business with the County of Fresno (hereinafter referred to as “County”),
members of a contractor’s board of directors (hereinafter referred to as “County Contractor”), must
disclose any self-dealing transactions that they are a party to while providing goods, performing
services, or both for the County. A self-dealing transaction is defined below:
“A self-dealing transaction means a transaction to which the corporation is a party and in which one
or more of its directors has a material financial interest”
The definition above will be utilized for purposes of completing this disclosure form.
INSTRUCTIONS
(1)Enter board member’s name, job title (if applicable), and date this disclosure is being made.
(2)Enter the board member’s company/agency name and address.
(3)Describe in detail the nature of the self-dealing transaction that is being disclosed to the
County. At a minimum, include a description of the following:
a.The name of the agency/company with which the corporation has the transaction; and
b.The nature of the material financial interest in the Corporation’s transaction that the
board member has.
(4)Describe in detail why the self-dealing transaction is appropriate based on applicable
provisions of the Corporations Code.
(5)Form must be signed by the board member that is involved in the self-dealing transaction
described in Sections (3) and (4).
Exhibit C
(1)Company Board Member Information:
Name: Date:
Job Title:
(2)Company/Agency Name and Address:
(3)Disclosure (Please describe the nature of the self-dealing transaction you are a party to):
(4)Explain why this self-dealing transaction is consistent with the requirements of Corporations Code 5233 (a):
(5)Authorized Signature
Signature: Date: