Critics Decry Plan On Health Data; Mental Health Officials Say Gathering Patients' Personal Data Is a Violation of Privacy

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DES MOINES (AP) - Mental health professionals at a hearing Wednesday decried a state plan to gather patients' personal data, calling the plan discriminatory and a violation of privacy.

The Department of Human Services' plan to collect names, addresses, type of illness and other information would discourage some patients from seeking treatment, said Carole Kazmierski, president of the Iowa Psychological Association. Others would be less likely to trust their therapists, she said.

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Critics Decry Plan On Health Data; Mental Health Officials Say Gathering Patients' Personal Data Is a Violation of Privacy

The plan "violates the fundamental ethical principles of my profession, undermines the therapeutic rela...

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