Common use of Contractor Responsibilities Clause in Contracts

Contractor Responsibilities. 1. The Contractor shall provide medical/psychological consultant services (“Services”) to the Connecticut Department of Rehabilitative Services (“Department”), at the direction and under the supervision of the lead staff from the Department’s Disability Determination Services (“DDS”) division. Services shall include but not be limited to: (a) Evaluating and interpreting medical evidence for the Department; (b) Expediting case processing by telephone contact with statewide medical/psychological sources (e.g.: physicians, psychologists, clinics, hospitals); (c) Ordering consultative examinations when additional evidence is required; (d) Assisting in providing Department’s staff training in the medical/psychological area; (e) Executing documents as medical/psychological signatory in claims where a physician’s/psychologist’s signature is required; (f) Providing reports as requested by the Department; and/or (g) Attending and/or testifying at case conferences, administrative hearings or court proceedings when requested. 2. The Contractor warrants that he has the skill and knowledge possessed by well-informed members of his profession and that the Contractor will apply that skill and knowledge with care and diligence and perform Services in a timely and professional manner in accordance with standards applicable to the Contractor’s profession; and Contractor is, and shall be at all times during the term of this Contract, qualified, professionally competent and duly licensed to perform Services. The Contractor shall immediately notify the Department if his license becomes the subject of discipline in Connecticut or any other jurisdiction. 3. The Contractor, its officers, employees, subcontractors, or any other agent of the Contractor in the performance of this Contract shall act in an independent capacity and not as officers or employees of the State of Connecticut or the Department. The Contractor agrees to a suitability determination performed by the Department prior to performing any work or receiving any payment under this Contract. As part of the suitability determination, the Department may require that the Contractor and Contractor Parties undergo criminal background checks as provided for in the State of Connecticut Department of Public Safety Administration and Operations Manual or such other State document as governs procedures for background checks. The Contractor and Contractor Parties shall cooperate fully as necessary or reasonably requested with the State and its agents in connection with such background checks. 4. The Contractor will not disclose or release any Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) to which the Contractor has access except as required to do so to authorized employees and officials within the scope of the Contractor’s duties under this Contract. The Contractor acknowledges that any unauthorized disclosure of the information provided under this Contract may violate the terms of Section 1106 of the Social Security Act and the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a and subject the Contractor to penalties.