“K” from the People’s Republic of Massachusetts boasts nearly 20 years of experience in “Human Resources.” And she advises,
Your post about the person in Texas caught my attention…. Unfortunately, I did read the “order” from the doofus-in-chief there. I should know better—it only makes my blood boil and makes my evil twin want to start swinging a baseball bat…
Hey, must be quadruplets because that’s how mine reacts, too.
Anyway, based on your post, I wanted to offer a suggestion re any conversation about the “medical condition” exemption. The A.D.A. is very specific about an individual being asked about his/her medical condition or being asked to document it. (HIPAA to a degree does the same thing; medical information can be released—and sometimes must be—but for very specific reasons and under very specific circumstances.) The instant anyone asks what the medical condition is, they have violated federal law under the A.D.A. The best response is to ask that person to clarify that he or she is actually asking you to reveal private medical information: “Are you asking me to reveal my private medical information?” If they say yes, they have confirmed their violation of federal law and the fining process can begin…if one wants to go there.
As for the individual revealing it to a clerk—or a police officer or a sheriff or a store manager—that person will have willingly breached his own privacy and HIPAA will not apply—and I worry that the same may be true even under the A.D.A. (I would have to look more closely at the Act to confirm this.)
What poetic justice, to avenge ourselves on the Masked Morons courtesy of Our Rulers’ tyrannical legislation!
11:30 am on July 24, 2020
