Mental Health Check form changed? (Read 2153 times)

MrJones

Mental Health Check form changed?
« on: October 22, 2014, 03:00:50 PM »
I noticed on HPD's website that the mental health check form has changed, or is this an old form?

stangzilla

Re: Mental Health Check form changed?
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2014, 05:00:34 PM »
dont know if its old or what, but i just used it last week and they accepted it

HiCarry

Re: Mental Health Check form changed?
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2014, 10:12:38 PM »
It appears to be a different form. The prior mental health release was quite similar to the regular medical release still being used. This also appears to have been released by the AG's office in September of 2013 and revised in February 2014. It is very similar to forms used by hospitals to request release of your Protected Health Information (PHI).

The duration or expiration statement seems to be oddly constructed and appears to be open ended until such time that you become disqualified to own firearms. This would, I believe, allow HPD to request your PHI at anytime, even if that request was not directly related to the registration of another gun.  It would also seem to suggest that since it was open ended, HPD could use it for any subsequent registration, so you shouldn't really have to fill out a new form for any new registrations.

That's just my opinion and IANAL...

MrJones

Re: Mental Health Check form changed?
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2014, 10:57:49 AM »
Government invasion of privacy!