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  • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Instead of seeking a warrant for which officers did not have probable cause, the New Jersey State Police subpoenaed the testing program to obtain the blood sample of a child, now nine years old, whose father was suspected of committing the assault, the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender claims.

    So no warrant. Also maybe I don’t understand the US legal system, but federal law supersedes state law doesn’t it? And HIPAA is federal law.

      • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Ngl I’m still not convinced that this was legal at all, even with our very minimal protections.

        Unrelated though, stupid line in that FAQ:

        Some other Federal or State law may require a disclosure, and the Privacy Rule does not interfere with the operation of these other laws

        Motherfuckers why don’t you understand what you are? You are a federal law limiting information sharing. The whole point of that is that it overrules state laws. State laws should mean nothing to you and if a state says “We have a law” you should say “Sir this is a Wendy’s sit down.”