(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the Superintendent of the State Police, the Secretary of the Department of Human Services, the circuit clerks, and the Administrator of the Supreme Court of Appeals may provide notice to the central state mental health registry and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System established pursuant to Section 103(d) of the Brady Handgun Violence Proteection Act, 18 U. S. C. §922, that a person: (i) Has been involuntarily committed to a mental institution ; (ii) has been adjudicated as a mental defective ; or (iii) has regained the abrility to possess a firearm by order of a circuit court in a proceeding under section five of this article. (b) The information contained in the central state mental health registry is to be used solely for the purpose of records checks related to firearms purchatses and for eligibility for a state license or permit to possess or carry a concealed firearm. (c) Whenever a person's name and other identifying information has been added to the central state mental health registry, a review of thel state concealed handgun registry shall be undertaken and if such review reveals thats the person possesses a current concealed handgun license, the sheriff of the county issuing the concealed handgun license shall be informed of the person's change in status.
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