Lexology March 11, 2024
A new report from U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy calls on Congress to update the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and develop new, comprehensive privacy legislation to further regulate consumer health and wellness data. The report highlights concerns about protecting health data collected outside of traditional health care settings.
In September, Senator Cassidy issued a request to help identify solutions to modernize HIPAA and ensure all U.S. health data is properly safeguarded. On February 21, his office released a report “outlining ways to improve privacy protections for Americans’ crucial health data” based on feedback from trade associations, hospitals, electronic health record vendors, health technology companies, and think tanks. The report puts forth several proposals to:
- modernize the HIPAA...
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