Hi---I tried both sites and neither of them worked. Carlma Houweling ----- Original Message ----- From: <CYLGowdy@aol.com> To: <MarinGenSoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:36 PM Subject: [MarinGenSoc] now is the time! > Hello Folks, > > Much is going on with the fight for access to Public records. We have > already mentioned California’s AB 130, where the Mother’s Maiden name > cannot > be given with data files and Internet Indices. > > > > Correa and Hancock voted No. The following were absent, astaining or not > voting: Ashburn, Calderon, DeSaulnier, Harman, Padilla and Wright. > > > > NOW, NOW is the time to write, call or Fax to: > > Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger > State Capitol Building > Sacramento, CA 95814 > Phone: 916-445-2841 > Fax: 916-558-3160 ( new number ) > > Or go to: http://govnews.ca.gov/govmail/webmail.php to send a E-mail. > > If you do not take a minute to notify Governor Schwarzenegger of our > needs > for this to *be vetoed*, we all will be sorry in the years to come. > > The other biggie is the closing of the Michigan State Library. Shirley > Hodges reminds us to tell all Representatives and Senators that funding > needs to keep the entire Library as it is now and keep it in the Library > building that was built for that purpose. The final budget has to be > approved by *Sept. 30.* > > You can sign a petition by going to: > > *http://www.petitiononline.com/RPAC2009/petition.html*<http://www.petitionon > line.com/RPAC2009/petition.html> > > NOW IS THE TIME!!!! > > Good News: The Adams County, Nebraska Historical Society wanted the names > of > people buried in the cemetery attached to the Hastings Regional Center, a > mental institution. They were denied access by the records custodian. The > Historical Society said that the information constituted death > records<http://www.rcfp.org/news/mag/33-1/unearthing_an_unusual_privacy_batt > le_19.html>, > not medical records that might be covered by HIPAA, federal Health > Insurance > Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. > > The high court in Nebraska agreed. The Nebraska open records law provides > that medical records "other than records of births and deaths" may be > withheld from the public. The court found that the cemetery information > fell > into the death-record category because it was even more limited than what > is > released to the public on an actual death certificate. Furthermore, the > data > sought did not describe the diagnosis or treatment of the individuals at > the > facility -- just their names and locations of burial. > > The court held that "HIPAA, does not bar release of the information" and, > in > fact, "provides for release of information when required by state law." > As > the records here were death records under Nebraska law, the court said, > they > must be released! > > So dear genealogists*, NOW IS THE TIME TO BE HEARD!!!* > > Liz Myers > > > ______________________________________ > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time > volunteering for the Society. > --------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > Read the meeting notices: > <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > Read the Society's blog run by Gene Pennington: > http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message