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"THE UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCE OF FEEL GOOD LEGISLATION"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

There needs to be an exception made for law enforcement in this bill to accommodate any officer who seeks counseling. If not officers will never seek counseling to deal with stress related issues.

The bill was rushed forward and how the law enforcement exception got past the cops on the panel is troubling.

Any time that a politician gets involved in a law enforcement issue police always lose or at a disadvantage. Bad Law w/o law enforcement exception added.

May 1, 2013 at 1:59 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

What I want to know is how the hospitals can legally release this type of information to state police, which has no affiliation to the medical community ? Isn't there some sort of Hypa violation here? Heck I have to sign off even for my doctor to talk to my family, never mind a government agency.

May 1, 2013 at 4:37 PM

Anonymous LawGeek said...

Reading through the bill (thanks for the link!), it appears that revocation only applies for commitment or admissions to a psychiatric facility. Out-patient services, such as seeing a counselor or getting meds prescribed by a doctor, are not covered.

Further, there is an exception for those who are committed or admitted solely for treatment of drug or alcohol addiction.

The change from prior law is the addition of "or voluntarily admitted" along with commitments by a Probate court.

So, unless your cop with chest pains is admitted to the psych ward, he or she has nothing to worry about in seeking help.

May 2, 2013 at 9:15 AM

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