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SOC SERVS. v. DAVID R. S.

55 N.Y.2d 588 (1982)

In the Matter of the Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York, as Assignee of Guiliana S., Petitioner, v. David R. S., Respondent. The Door — A Center of Alternatives, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Sinnreich and James M. Morrissey for appellant.

Harvey S. Jacobs for respondent.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur with Judge JONES; Judge MEYER concurs in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge COOKE concurs.

JONES, J.

Patient records maintained by a drug abuse treatment center which is assisted by an agency of the United States are not to be denied the shelter of statutory confidentiality where the center made a diagnosis for drug abuse, notwithstanding that the patient first sought non-drug-related services from the center and that the records sought to be disclosed pertain to other than a drug-related condition...

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