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I have never been asked that question. I doubt that it is "required by law" - at least not in this State.
When I see a doctor, I do get consistently asked "do you feel depressed?" in a tone of voice that makes it obvious that they are reading from a required checklist. Some vague positive reassurances are the correct answer to that question.
I was asked it one time, by a pediatrician, back when my son was very young. That would have been in ‘98 or 99.
They never asked again. Must have gotten complaints.
I answered “I don’t talk about things like that.” The doctor let it go.
My understanding is obamacare requires certain questions, and feeling safe at home is one of them. I was quite annoyed by my doc’s nurse asking this question so I asked, and she said it was an obamacare requirement.
I recently got a physical at a veterans hospital, they asked the same line of questions, then went into a PTSD series. I asked the VA nurse about the PTSD questions, and that was supposedly standard with the VA.