1.  What was the initial basis – the reason – for the implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996?

2.  Offer a few reasons why you believe that what HIPAA represents is important in the fields of healthcare, and addiction treatment in particular.

3.  What is significant about CFR42 in the addiction field that is different from your answers regarding HIPAA?

Now remember I am not very far along in college so try not to make it sound to good because I have to be able to understand it. I have to reply to 3 other classmates so don’t make it look to perfect please.

Please read what has been posted in Module Seven before responding to these questions.

New York law allows law enforcement to remove firearms owned by patients reported to be likely to be dangerous. 

Answer the following:

1.  Is this a good practice, or is it a violation of the patient’s Civil Rights?

2.  Is it ethical that the clinician revealed information regarding the patient’s mental state to a law enforcement agency in the first place?

3.  The American Psychological Association has advocated allowing mental health workers to exercise professional judgment regarding the duty to warn and not to unnecessarily expand “dangerous patient” exceptions. Do you agree, or do you disagree, and why or why not?

This is a discussion question assignment so the only references needed are the ones I provided.