Though a Senate bill to expand background checks on firearms sales was defeated last week, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is examining how HIPAA regulations may keep states from ...

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Those actions include efforts by the Federal government to strengthen the national background check system, and a specific commitment to " [a]ddress unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating ...