Couple of points -
The mental health lobby, armed with HIPPA as a club, will never let mental health records become part of the NCIC database. HIPPA is a great shield for them.
Hell, we can't even get medical records for a victim to use in a criminal case without the victim's signature - which is in direct contradiction to HIPPA which contains an exemption for law enforcement. IF we can't get medical providers to cough up what law enforcement needs to prosecute a criminal, does anybody expect the mental health provider lobby to support giving information to law enforcement to help identify and track their patients?
While the level of compliance varies from provider to provider, by and large Health Care Providers are so afraid of HIPPA that they basically refuse to give information without the patient's ok.
Look for more of these shootings as these lunatics, who are crazy but not stupid, see that they can get a national platform of attention if they focus on gun free zones where large quantities of easy targets are available. My biggest concern is that the next one will occur at a day care or elementary school.
HIPPA ????
I’ve never seen anything as ridiculous as HIPPA.
My sister-in-law immigrated to this country from Viet Nam in 1990. 5 years ago she became very sick. She went to several doctors, emergency rooms and clinics. Each time they gave her antibiotics and sent her home. This went on for a year and a half and she still wasn’t getting better. Finally she asked me to talk to her doctor because she didn’t understand what her various doctors were telling her. I tried 3 doctors and got no information because I wasn’t her spouse and HIPPA would only allow info to immediate family (spouse,children). Finally I prevailed to the ethics of a surgeon who was treating her for persistent infections. I explained to him that she knew she was sick but didn’t know why. This doctor, who went against the HIPPA secrecy crap, finally told me that she had tuberculosis infections.
We then took her to a tuberculosis specialty clinic and although it took 2 years, she was finally cured of the damn disease.
HIPPA is crap. Nothing more than a liberal plan that appeals to the feelings of security of liberals. To a liberal it is more important to feel safe than to actually be safe.