HIPPA covers release or publishing of medical records nationally and I have to assume that
it would trump any state law that allowed release of mental health records. I know that
MD's law about mental health records has been around for a long time.
Kathi Jones-Hudson
MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager
From: Whirl <sbgranger(a)aol.com>
Subject: Re: [MDGEN] Sylvan Insane Retreat (grampstom)
To: "mdgen(a)rootsweb.com" <mdgen(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 3:51 AM
Kathi,
Do you know if this is the same for all states?
Shirley Ford Bowersox
Sbgranger(a)aol.com
Sent from my iPod
On May 18, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Kathi Jones-Hudson <mdcemmy(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Medical records are sealed in Maryland (even before
HIPPA). General
> information, like any census taken during the time
someone was a
> patient may be available somewhere and you can get
some informaton
> under some circumstances, you're the patient, family
member, a
> doctor, insurance company, under court orders, etc.
But they are not
> considered public records.
>
> However, mental health records are permanently sealed,
rather
> difficult to get, even patients are not allowed access
to those
> records.
>
> So the records may be restricted to who was there,
like a census,
> but won't contain actual medical information.
>
> Kathi Jones-Hudson
> MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager
>
http://www.usgwtombstones.org/maryland/maryland.html
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