请教大家一句话的翻译

nancyguoguo

HIE initiatives often work with businesses and institutions that are subject to state and federal breach notification laws; HITECH requires HIEs to be subject to the breach notification rule as a business associate.
尤其这里面的business associate要怎么翻译呢？请各位大虾们指教

lifegame

感觉好像是要让HIE的组织（或发起者）也要成为这个law/rule的合作者，而不仅限于帮助企业和机构来遵守这些law/rule。