iHealthBeat (courtesy of Daily Mail) reports on proposed House Bill 4020 introduced last week before the West Virginia Legislature to modify W.Va. Code 27-3-1 authorizing the disclosure of certain mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
According to the article, West Virginia is one of about 24 states that do not allow the release of records to the database. Some states have declined to participate in the federal database because of privacy concerns.
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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