Lexology June 20, 2025
Holland & Knight LLP

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  • The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on June 18, 2025, issued an order vacating the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy, published on April 26, 2024, which amended the Health Insurance Accountability and Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule (Reproductive Health Rule or Rule). The decision left intact amendments to the HIPAA rule regarding certain Notice of Privacy Practice provisions pertaining to substance use disorder regulations.
  • The Reproductive Health Rule was designed to strengthen privacy protections for a subset of protected health information (PHI) broadly defined as related to “reproductive health care” and limit the circumstances under which such information could be disclosed for certain non-healthcare purposes by prohibiting the...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, HIPAA, Privacy / Security, Provider
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