ALBANY – An upstate New York college student who was involuntarily committed for a mental health evaluation after invoking the name “Columbine” during a dispute with officials is not entitled to the sealing of psychiatric records, a state appeals court has ruled.
The Appellate Division, Third Department, panel said state Mental Hygiene Law §33.14(a)(1) only provides for the sealing of mental treatment records when people are detained illegally by a facility due to “fraud, error or falsified documents.”
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