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Right To Know - July 2025, Vol. 31

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Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. State Action: Texas Limits Punitive Damage Liability For Data Security Breach...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

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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Texas District Court Vacates HIPAA Reproductive Healthcare Rule

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On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an order to vacate a large portion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive...more

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Beyond HIPAA: How state laws are reshaping health data compliance

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We are in an era where smartphones track sleep patterns, fitness apps monitor heart rates, and online searches reveal sensitive medical inquiries. As a result, the notion of “health data” has expanded dramatically. This...more

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Don’t Mind If I Do: Montana Says Hands Off Neural Data

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In May 2025, Montana enacted Senate Bill 163 (SB 163), amending that state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act (MGIPA) to include protections for neurotechnology data—namely, data collected from the activity of the central or...more

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Right To Know - May 2025, Vol. 29

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Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. State Action: Virginia Governor Signs Bill Restricting Minor’s Use of Social Media:...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Immigration Enforcement and Healthcare Facilities: Key Considerations for Providers

Recent changes in federal immigration enforcement practices have prompted renewed attention to how healthcare providers manage requests from law enforcement agencies. While federal policy continues to recognize healthcare...more

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Gender-Affirming Care Protections Eroded by Recent HHS Guidance and White House Executive Orders

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On February 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the recission of “HHS Notice and Guidance on Gender Affirming Care, Civil Rights, and Patient Privacy” (the...more

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The 135th Ohio General Assembly Sends Revised Bills, HB 8 and HB 206, to Governor DeWine for Signing

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The 135th General Assembly finished yesterday with both houses enacting two pieces of legislation of primary interest to boards of education and their administrators, HB 8 and HB 206. Both pieces of legislation are on their...more

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The Rise of State Attorney General Privacy Enforcement

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Since the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018, and in the absence of a comprehensive data privacy law at the federal level, states have increasingly sought to enact their own privacy legislation. ...more

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Texas AG Challenges HHS Privacy Rules

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On September 4, Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), challenging two key Health Insurance Portability and...more

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No Longer Adrift in the Ocean State: Rhode Island Enacts Consumer Data Privacy Law

On June 25, 2024, the governor of Rhode Island transmitted without signature a comprehensive privacy bill, the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (DTPPA), back to the state legislature, which is still...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Colorado’s Artificial Intelligence Act Impact on Healthcare Decisions

On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor signed into law, Senate Bill 24-205, the Colorado Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act (the “Act”). The law will take effect on February 1, 2026 and the Colorado Attorney General will have...more

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Washington’s My Health My Data Act – A Roadmap for Compliance

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What is the new Washington My Health My Data Act (MHMDA)? MHMDA aims to provide stronger privacy protections for “consumer health data” by: - Requiring additional disclosures for the collection, use, and sharing of...more

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Florida Bill Proposes Safe Harbor Against Breach Suits to Businesses Maintaining Recognized Cybersecurity Programs

A recently introduced bill in the Florida Legislature would provide businesses operating in Florida, including health care providers, with a legal defense to data breach lawsuits if they maintain robust cybersecurity measures...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

State Comprehensive Privacy Laws – Beaver State Makes a Dozen

Oregon’s governor has now signed into law the state’s comprehensive privacy law. Meaning, there are now 12 states with these laws, six of which were passed just this year (others passed in 2023 were Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee,...more

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Washington State’s New My Health My Data Act Will Likely Result in Insurance Coverage Disputes

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Washington state recently passed the My Health My Data Act (the Act), which will almost certainly lead to an explosion of consumer lawsuits and follow-on insurance coverage disputes. The measure is intended to protect...more

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My Health, My Data Act: Washington State’s New Health Data Privacy Law Has a Nationwide Reach

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Washington state’s My Health, My Data Act (the Act), signed into law in April 2023, is a broad health data privacy law designed to protect consumer health data that falls outside the scope of HIPAA, such as health-related...more

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The Staggering Breadth of Washington State’s My Health My Data Act

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Despite its misleading title, Washington’s My Health My Data Act will regulate many things most people would not think of as health-related data. It will also regulate non-Washington entities, mere processors of...more

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Texas is Making Moves on a Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

Texas is joining a growing number of states in passing comprehensive privacy legislation intended to safeguard consumer personal data. Specifically, the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (the “Act”) adds protections for...more

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Another Governor Signs: Tennessee Volunteers to Join the Privacy Patchwork

The Tennessee governor has signed Tennessee’s comprehensive privacy law, which as we have indicated will go into effect July 1, 2025. As initially proposed, the law would have been effective July 1, 2024, and would have...more

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Tennessee Passes Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

Tennessee has joined the growing number of states that have enacted comprehensive data privacy laws. On the final day of this year’s legislative session, the Tennessee legislature passed the Tennessee Information Protection...more

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New My Health, My Data Act Part 1: Washington State Joins the Biometric Litigation Fray

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law House Bill 1155, also known as the My Health, My Data Act (the Act), on April 27, 2023. The Act goes into full effect for “regulated entities” on March 31, 2024 (and later for...more

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Washington Passes the My Health My Data Act

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On April 27, 2023, Washington’s Governor Inslee signed the My Health My Data Act (MHMDA) into law, adding a new wrinkle to the increasingly complex patchwork of state privacy laws. As opposed to the other recently enacted...more

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Washington State Enacts Landmark Privacy Law Aimed at Digital Health Industry

On April 27, 2023, the state of Washington enacted a landmark privacy law aimed at protecting the privacy of health data not covered by HIPAA. This law, named the “My Health My Data Act,” covers a very wide range of entities,...more

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