Congresswoman ‘Troubles’ By Privacy Loophole On Student Health Records Confronts Education Department

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) on Wednesday sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education expressing concern that current federal law may permit universities to review a student's medical records without their permission. "I am troubled that there appears to be a loophole in federal privacy law that allows the personal and private conversations a student has after a traumatic experience to be released by a university under the laws governing educational records," Bonamici said in a statement. "Students who seek treatment on campus deserve the same level of privacy as other patients, whose medical records are protected under federal health law."


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