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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

Husch Blackwell LLP

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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

California Cryobank Hit with Lawsuit over Sperm Donor Databank Breach

California Cryobank, LLC, the largest sperm bank in the country, faces a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California over an April 2024 data breach. Cryobank provides frozen donor sperm and...more

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New York Employers Must (Again) Provide Reproductive Health Notice of Rights in Employee Handbooks Following Second Circuit Ruling

New York employers are – once again – required to provide employees with notice regarding New York’s reproductive health decision making protections. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a lower court’s...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Reproductive Health Information Protections Afforded by New HIPAA Privacy Guidance

On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Final Rule updating certain Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rules with respect to the disclosure of...more

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REMINDER: Washington’s “My Health My Data” Act Now In Effect

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Washington’s My Health My Data Act implements strict—and separate—consent requirements for the collection and sharing of an individual’s health data, with few exceptions. As of March 31, 2024 the Washington My Health My...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Moves to Protect Medical Information Collected Through Reproductive and Sexual Health Applications

California is taking steps through Assembly Bill 254 (the “Bill”), approved by the State’s Governor on September 27, 2023, to ensure that patient information collected through reproductive or sexual health applications enjoys...more

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OCR Issues Proposed HIPAA Privacy Rule for Confidentiality of “Reproductive Health Care”

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The Department of Health and Human Services - Office for Civil Rights has issued a Proposed Privacy Rule in response to the confusion and concern caused by the new legal landscape in the wake of the Supreme...more

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Privacy of Health Information After Dobbs: OCR Guidance on Disclosures of PHI and the Privacy of Personal Information on Devices

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On 28 June 2022, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra directed the Office for Civil...more

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