MA Bill to require Physician indentification, screening and treatment of gun owners.

[cephas]

Mental health professionals aren't qualified to determine mental illnesses. They themselves are the worst among us.

Ultimately won't be up to them to determine outcome. Lessens liability that way. Reimbursement will depend on their participation.
I can imagine a list of questions on a checklist. Answers, or non answers, will determine a score. Certain scores will "red flag" a response. Additive effect will come from practitioners observations.
No, I'm not wearing tin foil on my head. However many of us have had ill feelings with the encroaching govt./health care liaison for quite awhile.

[Noah_Zark]

Mental health professionals aren't qualified to determine mental illnesses. They themselves are the worst among us.

Got that right!

Noah

[Spirit of 76]

The MA Constitution:

Article XVII.
The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence. And as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to the civil authority, and be governed by it.

[buxbandit]

That's some scary and unconstitutional shit right there.