Lexology June 24, 2025
Seyfarth Synopsis: In the wake of a recent federal District Court decision, the reproductive health care HIPAA Privacy rules finalized during the Biden Administration have been vacated and plan sponsors should re-evaluate the language included in their HIPAA compliance documents.
In a somewhat unsurprising turn of events, a Texas District Court vacated the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Final Rule) that added specific protections and obligations relating to reproductive health data under the HIPAA Privacy rules. In Purl v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. District Court for the North District of Texas held that the Final Rule exceeded the Department of Health and Human Services’ statutory authority, specifically noting the Department...
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