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Wisconsin Governor Signs Pelvic Exam Informed Consent Bill, Vetoes Direct Primary Care Agreement Bill

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On August 8, 2025, Governor Tony Evers signed Senate Bill 14, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 22, which establishes new informed consent requirements for pelvic examinations. This Act requires hospitals to obtain written informed...more

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Rhode Island First in Nation to Require Accommodation of Employee’s Menopause, Effective Immediately

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Rhode Island is the first state to expressly require employers to provide workplace accommodations for job applicants and employees who are experiencing menopause and menopause-related medical conditions. This requirement...more

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Rhode Island's New Menopause Accommodation Law: Key Employer Insights

On June 24, 2025, Rhode Island became the first state to require reasonable accommodation for menopause-related conditions. The Rhode Island legislature amended the state’s Fair Employment Practices Act’s requirement that...more

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California’s New Fertility Coverage Mandate: What Employers Need to Know

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California passed SB 729, a fertility coverage mandate that addresses accessibility to fertility treatments for certain employees. This compliance alert provides a brief overview of who the law applies to, what benefits are...more

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Pennsylvania Perspective for Monday, August 4, 2025

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Gov. Shapiro Urges Compromise as Budget Talks Stall - Governor Josh Shapiro (D) says progress is slow but ongoing in Pennsylvania’s overdue budget negotiations, with mass transit funding and school choice among key sticking...more

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New Hampshire’s Unpaid Childbirth-Related Leave Law Goes Into Effect 2026

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Effective Jan. 1, 2026, Granite State employers with at least 20 employees must provide employees with up to 25 hours of unpaid leave to attend medical appointments associated with childbirth, postpartum care, and their...more

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Virginia Is For Health-Privacy Lovers? Broad Reproductive Health Data Amendment May Add Unintended Compliance Obligations

Virginia S.B. 754, now effective, amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to prohibit unauthorized collection and disclosure of non-HIPAA reproductive and sexual health information. The law notably includes a broad scope...more

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Changed Laws and Regulations Impact Reproductive Health Care Providers

Within the past few months, the legal landscape for reproductive health care law has changed on both the federal and state levels. The Trump Administration has changed its approach, revising positions in administrative...more

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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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Virginia’s Protection of Reproductive Health Information Law – Part Two, Compliance and Implementation

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In Part Two of this FAQ series, we continue to break down Virginia’s Senate Bill 754, Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc., reproductive or sexual health information (Act), which amends the Virginia Consumer...more

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Connecticut Budget Bill Reinforces EMTALA and Emergency Medical Services Obligations for State Hospitals

On June 30, 2025, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act No. 25-168 (PA 25-168) (the Act), Connecticut’s Budget Bill for the period between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2027. The Act includes two new laws...more

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Virginia's Protection of Reproductive Health Information Law – Part One, Scope, Applicability, and Penalties

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In Part One of this FAQ series, we break down Virginia's Senate Bill 754, Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc., reproductive or sexual health information (Act), which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act...more

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Connecticut Governor Signs Bill Codifying the Right of Minors to Consent to Reproductive Health Care Services

On June 9, 2025, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act No. 25-28, “An Act Concerning Access to Reproductive Health Care” (the Act). The Act codifies under Connecticut state law the ability of minors to...more

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Virginia Strengthens Privacy Protections for Reproductive and Sexual Health Information

On March 24, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed into law SB 754 (Act), which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA) to prohibit entities from collecting, disclosing, selling, or disseminating reproductive or...more

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Virginia Strengthens Privacy Protections for Reproductive and Sexual Health Information

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On July 1, the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA), as amended by Senate Bill (SB) 754, will provide additional privacy protections for reproductive and sexual health information. The legislation expands the VCPA to...more

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Virginia Consumer Protection Act Amendments Restrict Collection, Use, or Sharing of Health Information

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On March 24, 2025, Senate Bill 754 (pdf) was signed into law amending the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA), the Commonwealth’s general consumer protection law. The VCPA was originally passed in 1977 as remedial...more

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Colorado Legislature Proposes Heightened Protections for Healthcare Activity

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The Colorado General Assembly has introduced Senate Bill 25-129, the purpose of which is to provide comprehensive protections for individuals and entities engaged in legally protected healthcare activities, particularly those...more

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Analyzing Virginia’s New PRA for Protecting Consumer Reproductive and Sexual Health Information

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Keypoint: A new Virginia law prohibits the collection, use, or sharing of reproductive or sexual health information without consent and provides Virginians with a private right of action for at least $500 per violation. As...more

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Virginia Amends Consumer Protection Act to Protect Reproductive and Sexual Health Information

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On March 24, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed SB 754 into law. SB 754, which will take effect on July 1, 2025, amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA) to prohibit certain entities from, in connection with a...more

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Virginia Enacts Amendments to Consumer Protection Act

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Virginia recently amended its Consumer Protection Act (the Act) to provide enhanced protection for reproductive and sexual health information. These protections take effect on July 1, 2025. The amendment prohibits a...more

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Virginia Strengthens Reproductive Health Data Protections

On March 24, 2025, the governor of Virginia signed into law Senate Bill 754, which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA) to restrict the collection, use, sale, or sharing of personally identifiable reproductive...more

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Virginia’s New Sweeping Reproductive and Sexual Health Privacy Law May Affect All Companies Doing Business in the State

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Last week, on March 24, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed SB 754, which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (Act) to regulate obtaining and disclosing “reproductive or sexual health information” by any...more

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Idaho’s Defense of Life Act and EMTALA: For Now, a Federal Court Permits an Idaho Health System to Stabilize Pregnant Patients...

An Idaho federal court has resolved the tension between that state’s restrictive abortion law and the federal Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) in favor of a hospital system’s obligation to stabilize pregnant...more

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5 Reasons Virginia’s New Reproductive and Sexual Health Privacy Law is a BFD for Business (Spoiler: There’s a Private Right of...

In a development that seems to have flown mostly under the radar this week, Virginia’s governor signed on Monday SB754, a bill passed by the state’s General Assembly that amends the state’s Consumer Protection Act to strictly...more

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Arizona’s 15-Week Abortion Ban Declared Unconstitutional

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On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge permanently blocked Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban and ruled that the former law is unconstitutional. The 15-week ban was passed by the Arizona...more

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