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by duaneb 4285 days ago
Effective immediately, the FOIA provides no protection at all to deceased individuals. However, HIPAA is precisely the opposite in that the records are immediately sealed and the right to open it passes with the rest of the estate. I should note, I am not a lawyer and you should not take this as legal advice.
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jacquesm 4285 days ago
> I should note, I am not a lawyer

That's the default setting unless you modify it.

> you should not take this as legal advice.

So is it true or not?

It's not advice of any form, it's either a fact or it is not.

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Hytosys 4285 days ago
It seems like your interest is pedantic combat, not the law, but here is some information anyway.

FOIA: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps9/eFOIA-FEWeb/internet/main.jsp

HIPAA: http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/rpt/2013-R-0124.htm

It seems HIPAA enacts a 50-year period of silence.

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