Lexology November 17, 2023
McDermott Will & Emery

In the wake of the Supreme Court of the United States’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the adoption of laws outside California that criminalize most abortions as well as gender affirming care, California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed Assembly Bill 352 (AB 352) and Assembly Bill 254 (AB 254) into law on September 27, 2023.

Through these new laws, California seeks to mitigate the risk of out-of-state prosecution of individuals seeking abortions or gender affirming care. These bills include significant changes to California privacy and health information interoperability laws that will impact health care providers, health plans, employers, electronic health record (EHR) developers and digital health companies handling medical information related to gender affirming care, abortion,...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, Health IT, Healthcare System, HIE (Interoperability), Patient / Consumer, Privacy / Security, Provider, Regulations, States, Technology
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