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Montezuma County declines state PII certification, authorizes attorney and public health director to send explanation
Summary
At its Jan. 14 meeting the Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners reiterated its refusal to sign a state-required annual certification about access to nonpublic personal identifying information and authorized the county attorney and public health director to draft a written response explaining the board's position.
Montezuma County commissioners on Jan. 14 confirmed they will not sign a state-provided annual certification that would permit county access to certain nonpublic personal identifying information (PII) databases and authorized the county attorney and the public health director to draft and send a written explanation of the board's decision.
The decision came after County Public Health Director Bobby Locke described how the public health department protects client PII and health information, saying, "Every client we see, no matter where they come from, who they are, we protect their personal identifying information and health information. And the only way we release it is through these measures, you know, a subpoena, a warrant, those types of…
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