[Med-privacy] Re: [Politech] Texas atty general sides with open government over privacy [priv]

[Jim Warren]

At 8:19 PM -0800 3/1/04, Jeff Williams wrote:
>Jim and all,
>
>   Thank you for pointing out the nuance.  However in accordance
>with the Texas Atty. Gen. he also in the article you referenced
>  http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/7950211.htm
>supports completely open Medical records. See:
>http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinions/or50abbott/ord-681.htm
>and http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/go/go0055200toc.html.
>Hence the subject line in your post remains misleading if not
>inaccurate none the less!
>
>   After contacting Atty. Gen.'s Abbots office he also conferred to
>me he in no way supports completely open Medical Records...


Once again, (1) Declan's subject-line was not my subject-line, and 
(2) I never suggested nor implied the the Tex-AG supported 
"completely open medical records".  MY *only* statement was that he 
had rejected the federal medical-privacy law known as HIPPA.

--jim


>  > >>  -------- Original Message --------
>>  >>  Subject: Texas Atty Genl "rejects" strong federal medical-privacy law
>>  >>  Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:03:47 -0800
>>  >>  From: Jim Warren <jwarren@well.com>
>>  >>  To: Dave Farber:;, Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
>>  >>  References: <40424C37.2D1643AF@comcast.net>
>>  >>
>>  >>  An interesting clash between (1) open-government vs.
>>  >>  personal-privacy, and (2) state's rights vs. federal authority.  --jim
>>  >>
>>  >>  At 12:34 PM -0800 2/29/04, pmarshall <pwm@comcast.net> posted to
>>  >>  med-privacy@venice.essential.org:
>>  >>
>>  >>  >TEXAS AG SAYS NO TO HIPAA: Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ruled
>>  >>  >Friday that the state's public information law takes
>>  >  > >precedence over a far-reaching federal medical privacy law, a legal
>  > >  > ...