Lexology June 25, 2025
Federal district court vacates the 2024 HIPAA reproductive health care amendments
On June 18, 2025, in Purl v. U.S. Dep’t of Health and Human Services, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated the 2024 amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule that enhanced certain privacy protections concerning reproductive health care information but upheld amendments to the notice of privacy practices (NPP) requirements related to substance use disorder records. The result is that HIPAA-covered entities and business associates (regulated entities) are no longer required to obtain attestations from requestors for certain disclosures of protected health information (PHI), no longer prohibited from disclosing PHI for purposes of a requestor investigating or imposing liability related to reproductive health care (as...
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