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Section 10. Other ReoueSts. CIGNA Behavioral shall handle Participant requests made to it for privacy protection for pm pursuant to the requirements of the Privacy Rules at Section 164.522. Section 11. Processes and Proeedures. In carrying out its duties set forth in Sections IT, 7, 8, 9 and 10 above, CIGNA Behavioral may establish ~ and processes for requests from individuals as permitted by the Privacy Rules, including the requirement that requests be made in writing and the creation of a form for use by individuals in making such requests. As appropriate, CIGNA Behavioral shall i utilize the same or similar procedures regarding requests from individuals for access to PIn that it applies. to its own health care plan administration business. Section 12. Availability of Books and Records. CIGNA Behavioral hereby agrees to make its internal practices, books and records relating to the use and disclosure of Protected Health Information available to the Secretary for purposes of determining the Group' Health Plan's compliance with the Privacy Rules. ID. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT WITH CIGNA BEBA VIORAL Section 1. Termination Uoon Breach of Provisions ADuUeable to Protected Health Information. Any other provision of this Agreement notwithstanding, this Agreement may be ter.min8ted by the Group Health Plan upon ten (10) business days priOr written notice to CIGNA Behavioral in the event that CIGNA Behavioral materially breaches any obligation of this Addendum and fails to cure the breach within such ten (10) day period; provided that in the event that termination of this Agreement is not IeaSJ.ole, in the'Group-'-- Health Plan's sole discretion, CIGNA Behavioral hereby acknowledges that the Group Health Plan shall have the right to report the breach to the Secretary. Section 2. Use of Protected Health Information uoon Termination. The parties hereto agree that it is not feasible for CIGNA Behavioral to return or destroy pm at termination of this Agreement, therefore, the provisions of this Addendum shall survive termination of this Agreement and CIGNA Behavioral shall limit any further uses and disclosures of such pm to the purpose or purposes which make the return or destruction of such pm infeasible. . IV. DEFINITIONS FOR USE IN THIS ADDENDUM "Data Aggregation" shall mean the combining of Protected Health Information by CIGNA Behavi9ral with the Individually Identifiable Health Information created or received by CIGNA Behavioral in its capacity as a business associate of another covered . entity, to permit data analyses that relate to the health care operations of the Group Health Plan and the other covered entity. "Designated Record Set" shall mean the,. payment, claims adjudication, and case or medical Dl9TI9gel11ent record systems maintained by or for the Group Health Plan, or used, in whole or in part, by or for the Group Health Plan to make decisions about individuals. As used herein the term "Record" means any item, collection, or grouping of 5