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Police reports about deaths and other incidents in public hospitals cannot be kept secret, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, citing the

State officials argued the report was confidential under the patient-psychiatrist privilege as well as under the federal medical privacy law.

Hartford — Police reports about deaths and other incidents in public hospitals cannot be kept secret, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, citing the importance of government transparency and ...

The Connecticut Supreme Court says police reports about deaths and other incidents in public hospitals cannot be kept secret. Justices on Tuesday rejected an attempt by state officials to prevent the release of a police report about a 2016 patient death at Connecticut's only maximum-security psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane. State officials argued the report was confidential under medical privacy laws. The patient reportedly choked to death on food while being restrained by st...

HARTFORD — Police reports about deaths and other incidents in public hospitals cannot be kept secret, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, citing the importance of government transparency and the

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Police reports about deaths and other incidents in public hospitals cannot be kept secret, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, citing the importance of government transparency and the public's right to know what happened. A majority of the justices rejected an attempt by state officials to prevent the release of a police report about a patient who reportedly choked to death on food in 2016 while being restrained by staff members at Connecticut's only maximum-security psychiat...

The Connecticut Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that police reports on deaths and similar incidents in public hospitals cannot be concealed from the public.

FOI advocates are hailing the ruling in a 2017 case that limits CT's use of patient confidentiality laws to keep records secret.

Police reports about deaths and other incidents in public hospitals cannot be kept secret, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, citing the importance of government transparency and the public's right to know what happened. A majority of the justices rejected an attempt by state officials to prevent the release of a police report about a patient who reportedly choked to death on food in 2016 while being restrained by staff members at Connecticut's only maximum-security psychiatr...