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Asking about guns on Patient Information Sheet

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RichardP:
DMK said It will be even more interesting if the patient has to answer!

I think we are not even close to doctors being required to ask their patients about guns at the moment.  In the New York law, there is no requirement for the doctors to ask the patients if they have guns.  And there is no such requirement in the ACA.  The following statements quoted below are what is actually happening - compared to what the internet is speculating about.  The new New York law only asks physicians to do what they mostly already do - report someone they think might be a danger to themselves or others.  And I see no evidence that this request to report, in the New York law, is confined to reporting only on those who have admitted to having guns at home.  It applies to everyone, gun owner or not.

From the links I provided above:

One provision [of the New York law] asks health care professionals — physicians, psychologists, registered nurses or licensed clinical social workers — to report to local health care officials when they have reason to believe that patients could harm themselves or others.

The next provision [of the ACA] states we can’t collect data related to owning or using firearms.

Must have been a slow news week for the internet to get worked up over this.

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