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Mental Health Information

BainsBane

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1. When I lived in Florida

Reply to HereSince1628 (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 04:15 PM

Mar 2013

They asked on my drivers license form if I had ever taken anti-depressants or other psychiatric medications. I lied. What fucking business is it of theirs? That has no effect on my driving.

Right now, I would think Hippa would prevent providers from disclosing that information. Am I wrong about that?

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Enhanced mental health reporting...you may not want a gun, how about your driver's license? [View all] HereSince1628 Mar 2013 OP

When I lived in Florida BainsBane Mar 2013 #1

I think a lot of people will feel that way. HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #4

I've work so hard to get around to driving. Neoma Mar 2013 #2

Yes, I can imagine this puts serious burdens on a person. HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #5

This actually means college for me... Neoma Mar 2013 #7

It seems to me that many people with borderline personality in PA wouldn't have a DL if HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #10

Have they also changed the law that requires that therapists have a patient's explicit cbayer Mar 2013 #3

I'm not sure exactly what went down in NY's SAFE act but it did have language to protect clinicians HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #6

Apparently the legislators in PA were worried about suicide by car accident... HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #8

I know that many single vehicle accidents are suicide attempts, but I agree cbayer Mar 2013 #9

Honestly, how do laws get made? STM, boiler plate providers meeting with 20-something staff HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #11

i think it crosses a line fizzgig Mar 2013 #12

The questions vary by state, but the q's have been asked for many years, sometimes decades HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #13