Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA §1207, sub-§1, ¶F, as amended by PL 1989, c. 335, §2, is further amended to read:

F. Nothing in this subsection precludes the disclosure or use of any information, including recorded or transcribed diagnostic and therapeutic interviews, concerning any client in connection with any educational or training program established between a public hospital and any college, university, hospital, psychiatric or counseling clinic or school of nursing, provided that, in the disclosure or use of the information as part of a course of instruction or training program, the client's identity remains undisclosed; and

Sec. 2. 34-B MRSA §1207, sub-§1, ¶G, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 335, §3, is amended to read:

G. Information shall must be disclosed to the executive director and the members of the subcommittees on institutes and quality assurance of the Maine Commission on Mental Health for the purpose of carrying out the commission's statutory duties.; and

Sec. 3. 34-B MRSA §1207, sub-§1, ¶H is enacted to read:

H.__The names of patients of the Augusta Mental Health Institute who died at the Augusta Mental Health Institute may be made available to the public.

SUMMARY

This bill amends the laws governing patient confidentiality so that the names of patients of the Augusta Mental Health Institute who died at the Augusta Mental Health Institute may be made available to the public.