Hey Everyone,
I have a question related to HIPPA records.
If both the state and the defense have obtained Mental Health Records of a defendant persuant to HIPPA, does the State have any other hurdles to jump through to admit Mental Health records into evidence pursuant to some other specific Federal or state law?

After doing some research, I cannot seem to find any other requirements and I'm now asuming that the general rules of evidence apply once we have rightfully obtained these records. Can anyone help me out?

Thanks,

Steve Lilley
ADA Hopkins County

You don't have any further HIPAA hurdles and those are usually the hardest to overcome. As long as you obtained the records through a valid HIPAA records exception (court ordered subpoena, grand jury subpoena), you should be fine.