ABC news: "sources" say Holmes discussed by Threat Assessment Committee at UC

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Here's a link to the full list of state Tarasoff laws. note that in Colorado reporting is mandatory, and threatened victims can include "the general public," some states require it to be a specific person or persons.

Tarasoff was the case in California, from the 70's, that led to the introduction of state laws requiring health professionals and social workers or staff to report certain threats made by their patients or clients.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?a...id=1551505

COLORADO
Type: Mandatory
Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-146c
Effective Year: 1987
Deciding Body: State Legislation
Professional(s) Named: A physician, social worker, psychiatric nurse, psychologist, or other
mental health professional and a mental health hospital, community mental health center or
clinic, institution, or their staff
Standard of Threat: Serious threat of imminent physical violence
Standard of Victim: Specific person or persons (extended to general public in Perreira v State,
768 P.2d 1198 (1989)).
Parties Warned: Any person or persons specifically threatened, as well as notifying an
appropriate law enforcement agency
Notes: See Johnson (1991)3 for an analysis of Perreira.