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DATA SHARING AGREEMENT Between the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health WIC Program And Ohio Department of Health WIC Program

This Data Sharing Agreement (hereafter referred to as Agreement) is entered into by and between the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health WIC Program (hereafter referred to as WVBPh), and the Ohio Department of Health WIC Program (hereafter referred to as ODH). In consideration of the mutual understandings and covenants set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

1. PURPOSE

VWVBPH and ODH enter into this Agreement for the purpose of detecting and preventing dual participation between participants of the WIC program as required by 7 CFR 246.7(1)(1)-(4).

i. TERM

This Agreement shall become effective October 1, 2022, and shall remain in effect through September 30, 2027.

Ill. CONDITIONS

A. Ona semi-annual basis, the WVBPH will compare its list of program participants in a mutually agreed upon electronic format. The data exchanged will be for the contiguous service areas located across borders. If dual participation is suspected, the state or local agency will take appropriate follow-up action within 120 days of detecting instances of suspected dual participation.

B. Miscellaneous

Notwithstanding the foregoing agreed upon uses of data, the parties may not disclose or further distribute such data unless permitted by law.

IV. DATA FLOW VWVEPH and ODH agree to:

A. ODH posting its electronic file for WWBPH comparison on a semi-annual basis for the months of June and December by the tenth (10) working day of the next month; i.e., July 10th and January 10th. The ODH data will be provided on the ODH secure website for download by WVBPH, and will be in an XML schema format.

B. Provide that the file contains, for active participants only, participant ID, the first name, middle initial (if available), last name, sex, date of birth, ethnicity, race, street address, city, state, zip code, certification date, date of last issuance, and agency clinic number.

C. Provide that the data is only for those counties in West Virginia contiguous to the following ODH counties: Jefferson, Belmont, Monroe, Washington, Athens, Meigs, Gallia, and Lawrence.