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Biden Administration Reproductive Healthcare Issues Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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Federal Court Strikes Down HIPAA Reproductive Health Privacy Rule Lifting Compliance Requirements for Regulated Entities

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In a sweeping decision published in June, a federal court in Texas struck down most of the HIPAA Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Reproductive Health Rule) enacted in 2024 under the Biden administration to...more

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Texas Court Overturns Biden Administration’s Expansion of Abortion Privacy

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On June 18, 2025, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas vacated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (the Rule). The...more

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Federal Court Vacates HIPAA Reproductive Health Rule

As anticipated, a Texas federal district court has vacated the HIPAA Reproductive Health Rule (the “Rule”) nationwide. (Memorandum Opinion and Order, Purl v. HHS, 2:24-CV-228-Z (N. Dist. Tex (Jun. 18, 2025), available here)....more

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Federal District Court Issues Opinion Vacating HHS Rule Protecting Reproductive Health Information

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On June 18, 2025, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas (the “District Court”) vacated a 2024 final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) under the Biden...more

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Court Vacates HIPAA Reproductive Information Privacy Regulations

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A federal district court has vacated a federal regulation under HIPAA that provided special restrictions on the disclosure of reproductive health information....more

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Right to Reproductive Health Care Privacy

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HHS announced modifications last week to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule, that will strengthen privacy protections for reproductive health care information. The Final...more

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HHS OCR Proposes Changes to HIPAA to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy

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On April 17, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the Standards for Privacy for Individually Identifiable...more

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HHS Proposes Amendments to HIPAA that Protect Reproductive Health Care Information in Wake of Dobbs

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Introduction - Following the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade, the federal government, pursuant to President Biden’s Executive Order (the EO) took several steps...more

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HHS Seeks to Strengthen Protections of Reproductive Health Information with Proposed Changes to HIPAA

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On April 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) that seeks to enhance safeguards of reproductive health care information through changes to the...more

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OCR Announces Proposed Rulemaking to Strengthen Reproductive Health Privacy

On April 12, 2023, OCR issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to strengthen HIPAA’s protections around reproductive health care privacy. The NPRM responds to President Biden’s Executive Order 14076, which directed...more

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HIPAA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Reproductive Health Care Privacy

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On April 12, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice” or “NPRM”) to solicit comments on proposed modifications to the HIPAA...more

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HHS Seeks to Strengthen Protections of Confidential Reproductive Health Information with Proposed Changes to HIPAA

On April 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) that seeks to enhance safeguards of reproductive health care information through changes to the...more

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Biden Administration Seeks to Clarify Patient Privacy Protections Post-Dobbs, Though Questions Remain

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On July 8, two weeks following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson that invalidated the constitutional right to abortion, President Biden signed Executive Order 14076 (E.O.). The E.O. directed federal agencies to...more

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Federal Government Issues Privacy Guidance on Reproductive Health Care

The ripple effect from the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has prompted the federal Office of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reinforce core principles of privacy compliance. HHS...more

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Patient Privacy and Reproductive Health Data in the Dobbs Aftermath

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, raises new issues regarding the privacy of reproductive health data. That’s because...more

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Post Dobbs Executive Order Seeks Patchwork Continuity of Reproductive Rights Through Regulatory and Enforcement Changes and FTC...

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President Biden issues a new executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission to take steps to safeguard access to reproductive healthcare services, protect patient...more

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The Biden Administration’s Guidance on Risks to Privacy of Reproductive Health Information Post-Dobbs

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Following the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Biden Administration has outlined a framework for federal executive action designed to protect access to...more

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Recent FTC Post Commits to Protecting Sensitive Health Data After White House Issues Related Executive Order

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On July 8, 2022, following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, the president signed an executive order that called on a number of federal agencies to take steps to protect reproductive rights. He specifically asked the...more

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HHS Issues Guidance on Post-Dobbs Protections Under HIPAA Privacy Rule

Many states have enacted or revived statutes limiting or barring access to abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court of the United States’ ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and further legislative or...more

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Agencies Heed President’s Call to Take Action to Protect Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Post-Dobbs

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Within days of the Supreme Court’s June 24th Dobbs decision, which held that the Constitution does not guarantee the right to an abortion, key government agencies have taken action to protect access to sexual and reproductive...more

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