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Dear Mr. Castille:

This office is in receipt of your letter dated May 21, 1992, requesting a formal opinion from this office. The opinion request has been assigned to me for research and reply.

The issue for our review involves the applicability of the Louisiana Public Records Act, LSA-R.S. 44:1, et. seq., to certain documents held by the Department of Health and Hospitals via the department's Medical Assistance Program, hereinafter referred to as the Medicaid Program. You ask specific questions concerning the Department's obligation to release the following information:(1) Data routinely…