State Privacy Laws, Personal Information, Patient Privacy Rights

Business Court Assesses Duties to Protect Patient Information Shared Through Electronic Portals

Fox Rothschild LLP on 4/25/2025

A Durham County class action asks whether “My Chart,” a widely used portal that medical providers use to communicate with patients about test results, conditions, and treatments should more aptly be labeled “Our Chart.”...more

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

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 2/27/2025

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

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

Epstein Becker & Green on 2/19/2025

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

New York Senate Passes Landmark Health Privacy Bill S-929

Clark Hill PLC on 1/27/2025

On Jan. 21, the New York Senate approved a groundbreaking health privacy bill, S-929. The legislation, modeled on Washington state’s My Health My Data Act, aims to extend protections over personal health information beyond...more

Recently Enacted Health Data Privacy Laws in Washington and Nevada Pose Challenges for Businesses

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/26/2023

Washington State and Nevada have now passed health data privacy laws that impose obligations relating to the collection, processing, and sharing of “consumer health data.” Both laws (collectively, State Health Data Privacy...more

Texas to Join the Ranks of States with a Comprehensive Privacy Law

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/11/2023

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) on June 18, 2023. With the passage of TDPSA, Texas becomes the tenth state to adopt a consumer data privacy law. TDPSA passed the...more