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SB 935 Privileged mental health research data.

Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Privileged mental health research data. Makes data collected and organized by mental health professionals privileged communications that shall not be disclosed or obtained by legal discovery proceedings and shall be inadmissible in adjudication for any purpose whatsoever. This section shall not alter the duty of confidentiality that a mental health professional has to a patient nor relieve a mental health professional of the duty to obtain a patient's consent to participate in mental health human research.


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