September 7, 2004

HIPAA Does Not Apply to Police Reports

The Kentucky attorney general ruled police reports that record injures or contain medical information are not protected under the federal law, Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, which went into effect last year. The ruling would allow the release of the identity of individuals and medical information recorded by police. Texas has the only other attorney general to file a ruling on this issue. That decision ruled that state public information laws took precedence over HIPPA.

Medical privacy law does not apply to police reports, attorney general says, Lexington Herald-Leader AP Story, August 28, 2004