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The final report reflects the efforts of the Task Force to review when, how, and why government entities access personal medical information, as well as these entities' compliance with established health information privacy laws. We are pleased to report that overall, government entities consistently employ measures to safely access and use this sensitive information, as authorized by law.

This report constitutes the deliverables required under Exhibit 1, Water Year 2007 (WY07) of the Colorado River Basin cloud seeding agreements executed March 21, 2007. Exhibit 1 describes activities that were to be performed in WY07. The three Lower Basin States provided $57,000 of which $40,500 was spent. The contract calls for deliverables for each activity performed this year.

This manual was compiled by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division HIPAA Workgroup and modified by Colorado Mental Health Services in February 2003. It contains detailed information about the Privacy Rule and summary information about the Codes and Transaction Rule focused on provider-specific issues.

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