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Washington State Privacy Update: My Health My Data Act is Now Effective

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A little more than a year ago, on July 23, 2023, the Washington My Health My Data Act (WMHMDA) was passed into law. The law originally went into effect on March 31, 2024, however the compliance deadline for small businesses...more

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Thorny Laws That ICHRA Vendors Should Consider

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Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs) have continued to grow in popularity since their inception in 2019 (see our article here summarizing the 2019 rule establishing ICHRAs). While initially it seemed...more

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Countdown to 3 new data privacy laws: Texas, Oregon, Florida

The past couple of years have seen a number of states enact comprehensive privacy laws. Thus far, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia have enacted state privacy laws. In July, we will see three new privacy...more

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Nebraska Enacts Comprehensive Privacy Law

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On April 12, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed Legislative Bill 1074 into law, making Nebraska the 16th U.S. state to enact a comprehensive privacy law. The Nebraska Data Privacy Act (NEDPA) will take effect on January 1,...more

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Washington’s My Health My Data Act Comes Into Force - What You Need to Know, and Do

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On March 31, 2024, the Washington My Health My Data Act (MHMDA), a comprehensive consumer health privacy law, will come into force. Small businesses – defined as those processing consumer health data of fewer than 100,000...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Closing the Privacy Gap: Understanding the Nuances and Heightened Risk of Washington’s My Health My Data Act

Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA) was enacted in an effort to close a perceived gap in privacy protection for consumer health data. MHMDA’s focus on consumer health data and right of private action deviate from...more

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More Privacy, Please – July 2023

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Editor’s Note: Texas, Oregon, and Delaware became the latest states to pass a comprehensive privacy bill, while the CPRA, Connecticut, and Colorado’s privacy laws came into force. In the litigation world, the FTC filed an...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Texas Data Privacy and Security Act – An Overview

The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) became law on June 16, 2023. Texas becomes the 11th state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, joining California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Iowa,...more

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Privacy ‘Deep in the Heart of Texas’: An Overview of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act

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Texas, long lauded as one of the most “business-friendly” states, has passed a comprehensive privacy law that will bring new regulations to consumer personal data. The new Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”), H.B....more

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New My Health My Data Act Part 3: The Wide Reach of the New Washington Privacy Legislation

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This Update is the third installment of the ongoing series covering Washington state’s new My Health My Data Act (the Act). Part 1 provided a high-level outline of the entities regulated under the Act and the corresponding...more

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COVID-19: Privacy and Cybersecurity Regulatory and Enforcement Guidance

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As industry continues to adapt to the evolving realities of shelter-in-place orders, companies face challenges in supporting an unprecedented remote workforce while balancing compliance with a variety of regulatory agencies....more

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New York’s New Data Security Requirements

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In the fall of last year, we wrote about the passage of the SHIELD Act (the Act) in New York, which expanded aspects of the state’s breach notification requirements (Breach Requirements) and created a statutory obligation to...more

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New York's Deadline to Comply With New Data Privacy Law Fast Approaching

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The Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (known as the SHIELD Act), signed into law by Governor Cuomo last year, comes into full effect on March 21, 2020. The Act’s expansive reach requires businesses in New...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - February 2020 #2

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Comments to Proposed Rule on Consolidation of Mentor Protégé Programs and Other Government Contracting Amendments, February 7, 2020 - In its role as advocate to small businesses operating in the government contracting...more

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21st Century Cures: A Closer Look

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On December 7, 2016, the US Congress enacted the 21st Century Cures Act, substantial legislation intended to accelerate “discovery, development and delivery” of medical therapies by encouraging biomedical research investment,...more

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The Government Is Here To Help: HHS Releases HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Tool For Small Providers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has just released a new security risk assessment ("SRA") tool to assist small and medium sized health care practices (one to ten providers) conduct a HIPAA risk...more

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