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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

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

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

Quarles & Brady LLP

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

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Estate Planning for Young Adult Children

The job of parenting can be consuming with the drive to protect children in all circumstances, including the unthinkable. However, the topic of estate planning for children still looms large on the mind of most parents....more

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Ep. 54 – Situations to Address in Your Minor Consent Policies – Part 2

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Healthcare providers often have a detailed policy outlining when a minor may consent to care and when a parent or legal guardian’s consent is needed. Situations can arise in the treatment of minors that can make administering...more

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Ep. 53 – Situations to Address in your Minor Consent Policies – Part I

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Healthcare providers often have a detailed policy outlining when a minor may consent to care and when a parent or legal guardian’s consent is needed. Situations can arise in the treatment of minors that can make administering...more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

Police-Ordered Blood Draws In Idaho

Law enforcement officers often request or demand that Idaho hospitals draw blood or conduct other tests on patients for law enforcement purposes; nevertheless, the general rule remains that patients (including persons in...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Will New York Be Next to Regulate Specifically Personal Health Information to Further, and Possibly Re-Write, a New Paradigm of...

The New York legislature passed its version of Washington’s My Health My Data Act (“WA MHMDA”) on January 22, 2025. Currently awaiting action by Governor Kathy Hochul, the New York Health Information Privacy Act (“NY HIPA”)...more

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New York’s Health Information Privacy Act Poised to Become the Latest in a Growing Trend of State Data Privacy Laws

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New York State appears poised to become the fourth state to explicitly regulate consumer health data not covered by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)....more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

New Year, New Rules? New York’s Health Privacy Bill S-929 advances

Just in time for setting a new year’s resolution, the New York Senate passed health privacy bill S-929. This bill was first introduced during the 2024 legislative session but failed to pass. Now in the early weeks of 2025,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New York Executive Budget Proposes Patient Consent to Payment Law Updates

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The recently released New York State Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 contains proposed revisions to a recently enacted law impacting how healthcare providers obtain patients’ consent to payment. NY Public Health Law...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: May 2023

Five former Memphis-based hospital employees and another man have pled guilty to unlawfully disclosing patient information in violation of HIPAA, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin Ritz announced....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Confidentiality of Substance Abuse Treatment Information: HHS Considers Changes to the Part 2 Regulations and Requests Comment

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is considering significant changes to the “Part 2” regulations (the Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse...more

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