I tried to get just a birth date for a cousin who is deceased, but had been in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Washington, D.C., but they said they could not give it to me. And that had nothing to do with her mental state. Betty Torno St. Louis, MO > On Aug 13, 2016, at 10:07 AM, Karen Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > I tried some years ago to obtain records on a great aunt who was committed > to a psychiatric institution in Maryland. I was not successful; the > institution cited HIPAA, even though she died in the 1940's. > > For more information on HIPAA, go to: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act > or http://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/ > > For genealogical legal interpretations, see: > http://www.legalgenealogist.com/2012/02/09/getting-hip-on-hipaa/ and > http://www.legalgenealogist.com/2013/04/08/breakthrough-for-medical-genealogy/ > . > > For genealogical requests for psychiactric institutions,see: > http://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Asylum_Projects_Genealogical_Requests > > Start by contacting the Institution directly and see how they respond. > > Karen Moore > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Ray Rhoads <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My g g grandfather was at the Harrisburg State Hospital in the late 1860's >> early 70's. All they were allowed to give me by law was the fact that he >> was there. >> >> Ray R. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Susan >> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2016 8:02 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [PAPhl] norristown state hospital >> >> Interesting question, Bill. Wish I new the answer because I also have a >> relative who spent time there as well. >> >> >> Susan A. >> >> ________________________________ >> From: PAPHILAD <[email protected]> on >> behalf of Bill Pallatt <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 12:20:27 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [PAPhl] norristown state hospital >> >> I have some ancestors that spent some time in the hospital. I'm wonder if >> it is possible to get copies of their records,if so how does one do it >> thank you for any help. >> >> Bill Pallatt >> ********* >> Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/t >> h/index/PAPHILAD >> ********* >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> ********* >> Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/t >> h/index/PAPHILAD >> ********* >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> ********* >> Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/t >> h/index/PAPHILAD >> ********* >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message