Lexology February 6, 2025
On January 22, the New York state legislature passed the New York Health Information Privacy Act (S929 / A2141) (“NYHIP”). If signed into law, NYHIP would join Washington and Nevada in a growing trend of states regulating consumer health information. Though NYHIP contains many similarities with laws in Washington and Nevada, there are a few unique provisions, as discussed below. Among them, NYHIP applies to “Regulated Health Information” or “RHI” that is defined as “any information that is reasonably linkable to an individual, or a device, and is collected or processed in connection with the physical or mental health of an individual.” Unlike the health privacy laws in Washington and Nevada, NYHIP does not provide an inclusive list of health...