[butterdezillion]

And that’s after he removed the personally-identifying information from those records.

This disclosure is like disclosures that are done for research purposes all the time.

But according to the article the ASSt US Attorney prosecuting the case doesn’t even know what HIPAA does and doesn’t allow and was able to provide no evidence that there was identifying information.

Like he said, the process is the punishment. They prosecute for what is not a crime, bankrupt a person, and then say oops. Except that instead of saying oops they continue to lie about it and gloat.

I wonder if Ken Paxton could charge this US Attorney with something. She’s operating on TX soil and abusing a TX resident.

[MTBobcat]

These sort of non-identifying releases happen often in reporting adverse events for medications in medical trials. This is certainly not a crime. HIPAA covers the identity of the patient, not the procedures or medical events that happened to them. This should be thrown out of court immediately as there is no harmed party.

[ViLaLuz]

I wonder if Ken Paxton could charge this US Attorney with something. She’s operating on TX soil and abusing a TX resident.
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My exact thought.