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There is no broad exception to state and federal confidentiality laws that would allow all members of an MDT to share confidential information about a particular adult’s case with each other in the context of an MDT meeting. This is true even if the MDT members all enter into some sort of agreement or memorandum of understanding saying that they will keep information disclosed in MDT meetings confidential. An agreement or MOU between MDT members about how they will treat information shared in their meetings does not relieve individual MDT members from their obligations under the applicable state and federal confidentiality laws. In other words, a confidentiality agreement or MOU between MDT members does not change, lift, or remove any of the barriers to information sharing that are imposed by the confidentiality laws that apply to some MDT members.