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NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP DATA SHARING AGREEMENT
Eagle County
Network Partner
This Agreement (“Agreement”), for the period May 30, 2024 (the “Effective Date”) through the
length of any agreement between the Parties, is by and between Eagle County Public Health
and Environment (“Network Partner”) and Nurse-Family Partnership, a Colorado nonprofit
corporation ("NFP"), sometimes hereafter referred to as “Party” individually or “Parties”
collectively.
RECITALS:
Whereas the Nurse-Family Partnership®Program (the "Program") is an evidence-based
program developed on the basis of randomized controlled trial research to yield certain benefits
for low-income, first-time mothers and their children (“Program Benefits”).
Whereas Invest in Kids (“IIK”) provides certain services, largely funded by the Colorado
Department of Early Childhood (“CDEC”) through the University of Colorado, to Colorado NFP
Network Partners. IIK also provides services to the Network Partners on NFP's behalf to ensure
Colorado Network Partners implement the Program with fidelity to the Nurse-Family Partnership
Model Elements.
Whereas IIK funding is dependent upon it receiving NFP reports containing outcomes and other
data obtained from Network Partners, and using the reports to provide data to CDEC.
Accordingly, the Parties are entering into this Agreement to memorialize the consent from the
Network Partner to release to IIK data reported to NFP by Network Partner.
AGREEMENT:
In consideration of the foregoing recitals and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
I.Subject to confidentiality and data-sharing requirements and obligations of the Parties,
Network Partner consents to the release of any and all client data provided to NFP to IIK.
II. Termination
Network Partner may terminate this Agreement upon sixty (60) days written notice to NFP.
III. NFP Obligations.
A. Data will be transmitted via encrypted electronic mail or via access to NFPs data system.
B. NFP shall include the minimum necessary data required to meet IIK’s obligation to
provide data to CDEC.
C. IIK shall not sell, authorize, transfer, or disclose the relevant shared data provided in
accordance with this Agreement to any third party other than to or at the direction of
CDEC, or send to third parties or allow third parties to use any data (including derived
data), unless: a) a written authorization from NFP has been obtained; or b) the
disclosure is made as required according to applicable laws and regulations, and the
Docusign Envelope ID: 5B404E08-1505-4A7B-A7F1-A1712D7B9BBB
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party gives a written notice in an appropriate manner and takes necessary measures to
obtain necessary consent before the disclosure, and makes the disclosure pursuant to
the data minimization principle.
II. CONFIDENTIALITY
NFP will maintain a Business Associate Agreement with IIK and at all times comply with all
applicable Privacy Laws including but not limited to the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996, the regulations promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (45 CFR Parts 160, 162 and 164) (collectively, “HIPAA”) and the
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (the “HITECH
Act”), and other applicable laws and regulations, including state data privacy and medical
confidentiality laws, as the same may be amended or promulgated from time to time.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of
the date set forth herein by their duly authorized representatives.
For Nurse-Family Partnership: For Network Partner:
By:______________________________ By:______________________________
Charlotte Min-Harris, President & CEO
Date:_____________________________
Jeff Shroll, County Manager
Date:____________________________
Docusign Envelope ID: 5B404E08-1505-4A7B-A7F1-A1712D7B9BBB
8/29/2024
