In PeterK's RAIN:
HIPAA bars release of hospital burial records, Neb. judge rules First
Amendment Center - Nashville,TN,USA ... scorn, loss of employment and
other harm" and that there is nothing in the public-records laws "that
limit the medical records exception to a passage of
...<http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=19691>

The Hastings Regional Center could establish a HIPAA Privacy Board to
review and approve/disapprove research requests related to these burial
records. There's no need for a court order or hiring of lawyers. Also,
no mention is made as to whether there is personal health information on
the burial records in question, and, if there is, how extensive it is. 

Having said the above, the lack of a time frame to release historic
HIPAA information is an oversight in the law.

Dwight Wallis, CRM
Records Administrator
Multnomah County Fleet, Records, Electronics, Distribution and Stores
(FREDS)
1620 S.E. 190th Avenue
Portland, OR 97233
Phone: (503)988-3741
Fax: (503)988-3754
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