HOUSING AUTHORITY DATA AGREEMENT MCDPH_MESA.PDF

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Public Use Data Agreement
Between MCDPH and City of Mesa
The parties to this Public Use Agreement are Maricopa County, Arizona through its Department of Public
Health (“MCDPH”) and the City of Mesa, Arizona through its public housing authority (“MHA”). The term
of this Public Use Agreement is from December 1, 2018 to November 30, 2019. This Public Use
Agreement may be cancelled with thirty day notice by either party.
Background and Purpose:
Houses and apartments built prior to the 1978 federal ban of lead-based paint have an increased risk of
containing lead. An estimated 24 million housing units in the United States are contaminated. Lead
sources may come from deteriorating paint, dust, and soil. Lead paint that is peeling, chipping,
chalking, cracking, or damaged due to age or high impact is highly hazardous.
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) addressed the issue of
environmental lead in federally owned and subsidized housing with the Lead Safe Housing Rule (24 CFR
35, subparts H (Project Based Assistance, including Multifamily Residential Properties), L (Public
Housing Programs), and M (Tenant-Based Rental Assistance – Housing Choice Voucher Program)),
which requires Housing Authorities to complete an environmental investigation and lead-based paint
hazard reduction (when applicable) of the dwelling unit to which the Subpart applies, when a child
aged six or less has been identified with an elevated blood lead level of 5 µg/dL or greater.
Lead poisoning can cause serious developmental damage to children that can last a lifetime, yet it is
completely preventable if lead hazards are removed. The purpose of this project is to reduce the
incidence of childhood lead poisoning due to environmental causes in the home by monitoring lead
poisoning reports and implementing environmental remediation when needed.
Process:
In the proposed project, childhood blood lead level data reported in Maricopa County will be used to
determine locations in which the Lead Safe Housing Rule applies for environmental testing; specifically,
HUD Project-Based Rental Assistance, Public Housing Program, and Housing Choice Voucher Program
units constructed prior to 1978 that currently house family members aged six or less within Maricopa
County. If environmental treatment and/or remediation is necessary, it will be completed by the Mesa
Housing Authority or responsible owner, as applicable. All results will be reported back to MCDPH and
the Arizona Department of Health Services (“ADHS”).
Mesa Housing Authority will:
1. Provide MCDPH with quarterly list of current addresses of the Housing Authority dwelling units
to which the Lead Safe Housing Rule Subpart M applies.
2. Provide MCDPH with a one-time list of dwelling units to which the Lead Safe Housing Rule
Subpart H and L apply, if applicable.
3. Provide MCDPH with monthly reports on a date agreed upon by both parties. Reports will
include any action taken to conduct environmental testing and/or remediation on a Housing
Authority dwelling unit identified by MCDPH as the residence of a child under age 6 with a

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confirmed positive blood lead level of 5 µg/dL or greater, or a statement indicating that no
environmental testing and/or remediation occurred, if/when applicable.
MCDPH will:
1. Determine if any child under six that tests positive for an elevated blood lead level of 5 µg/dL or
greater resides in an applicable Housing Authority dwelling unit. MCDPH will provide the
addresses of any positive cases to MHA on a monthly basis.
2. Provide ADHS with data received from MHA regarding actions taken to conduct environmental
testing and/or remediation.
Data Use Restrictions:
The Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) does all it can to assure that the identity of
data subjects cannot be disclosed. All direct identifiers including name, social security number, and date
of birth, as well as any characteristics that might lead to identification, are omitted from the dataset.
The Housing Authority Staff shall not attempt to identify individuals from any computer file, nor shall
they link with a computer file containing patient identifiers. Any intentional identification or disclosure
of a person or establishment violates the assurances of confidentiality given to the providers of the
information.
Therefore, the MCDPH and Mesa Housing Authority personnel (Users) agree to the following provisions:
1. Users will not use nor permit others to use the data in any way other than for the purposes of
identifying locations to carry out environmental testing.
2. Users will not attempt to link, nor permit others to link the data with individually identified
records in other MCDPH or non-MCDPH databases.
3. Users will not attempt to learn the identity of any person whose address is contained in the
supplied file(s).
4. If the identity of any person is discovered inadvertently, then the following action should be
taken:
a. No use will be made of this information about the person; and
b. The discovered identity will not be shared with any third party.
5. Users will not release nor permit others to release the data in full or in part to any person except
with the written approval of MCDPH.
6. If accessing the data from a centralized location on a time-sharing computer system or LAN, the
Users will not share your logon name and password with any other individuals. Users will also
not allow any other individuals to use your computer account after they have logged on with
your logon name and password until such time as they are logged out of the system.
7. The Mesa Housing Authority will share any results/findings from analysis of these data with
MCDPH before findings are presented outside the requesting organization.
8. Users will be held accountable for any violation of these data use restrictions.

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Signatures/Approvals:
FOR: Maricopa County FOR: City of Mesa
By and through its Department of Public Health City of Mesa Housing Authority
Bill Gates, Chairman, Board of Supervisors Liz Morales, Director
Print Name and Title Print Name and Title
Date Date
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ______________________________, Attorney for County
ATTEST: ____________________________________________, Office of the Clerk of the Board