Legal Opinion
Protection & Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities v. Mental Health & Addiction Services
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 5, 2006No. Docket No. 05-1457-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.
This case raises the question whether the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (“PAIMI”),1 42 U.S.C. §§ 10801-10851 (2000), requires defendant-appellant the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, through its commissioner, Thomas A. Kirk, (“the Department”) to disclose peer review records to plaintiff-appellee the Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (“OPA”). For the reasons that follow, we hold that PAIMI unambiguously grants OPA access to peer review records and affirm the…
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