Senate Unanimous in Bill Protecting Student Medical Records

Lund Report:

Republicans frustrated by the Democratic agenda turned to D.C.-style delaying tactics, forcing House and Senate clerks to read, verbatim, dozens of pages of legalese in each bill before it could come to a vote.

But the Senate still managed to unanimously pass a bipartisan bill that closes a critical gap in medical privacy -- forcing university-based health providers to abide by the same confidentiality rules as off-campus providers.

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