On May 10, 2024, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 ("MODPA" or the "Act"), bringing the number of comprehensive state privacy laws to 18and establishing a new, more restrictive...more
5/16/2024
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement ,
Minor Children ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
PHI ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Sunset Provisions
The FTC issued a final rule to lock in changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) that it proposed in May 2023. While the HBNR began as a breach notification rule seemingly focused on a narrow set of applications...more
The long-anticipated final rule addressing substance use disorder (SUD) records at 42 C.F.R. Part 2, commonly referred to as Part 2, is here. The final rule is a joint undertaking by the U.S. Department of Health and Human...more
2/21/2024
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
CARES Act ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Consent Agreements ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement ,
Final Rules ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCR ,
Penalties ,
PHI ,
Risk Assessment ,
SAMHSA ,
Substance Abuse
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued a concept paper describing its overarching strategy to address healthcare cybersecurity. The concept paper builds on the Biden-Harris Administration's National...more
12/18/2023
/ Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
HITECH Act ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Medicare ,
OCR ,
Popular
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced its final rule (the Enforcement Rule) implementing the information blocking penalties created by the 21st Century Cures Act...more
7/28/2023
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Health Technology ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
Information Technology ,
OCR ,
OIG ,
ONC