Psychiatric News (10/18) reports, “States vary widely in the reporting of mental health data to the federal system known as NICS that conducts background checks on people who want to own a firearm,” researchers concluded in a study that “used the Thomson Reuters Westlaw database to identify and collect data on each state’s laws regarding mental health reporting requirements between February and April 2022.” The study team “analyzed data on whether the states required reporting to NICS, how many requirements the states imposed, and the type of mental health and/or substance use-related events that were required to be reported.” The findings were published online Oct. 16 in a research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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— “State MH Reporting Requirements Vary for Firearm Background Checks, Psychiatric News , October 18, 2023