Updates to Statute 1557 that Healthcare Providers Need to Know
Privacy and Healthcare Business Associates with Isabella Porter
State Law Privacy Video Series | Healthcare Entities and Health Data
Gerry Blass on Healthcare Vendor Risk Management
AGG Talks: Technology - In the Balance: Interoperability and Security
Is Your Practice's Marketing HIPAA Compliant?
Relaxed HIPAA Restrictions For Providers Using Telehealth
Compliance Perspectives: Permissible Disclosures under HIPAA, Especially in the Time of COVID-19
Polsinelli Podcasts - Confusion to Clarity on the Future of the 340B Program
Polsinelli Podcast - HIPAA Changes Overview
The American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 would establish a national, comprehensive data protection law unifying US businesses under one standard, preempting the well over a dozen U.S. states with laws already in effect. ...more
On April 27, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law House Bill 1155, colloquially known as the My Health, My Data Act (the Act). Passed in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision, the Act...more
On April 27, 2023, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law the My Health My Data Act (the "Act"), which will regulate the collection, use, and disclosure of "consumer health data" ("Consumer Health Data" or "CHD"). The...more
The House Committee on Energy & Commerce reported out the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) last week and it is now eligible for a full House vote. If passed by Congress and signed by the President, the ADPPA...more
The proposed law - which is broadly applicable to most entities doing business in the United States - is the first real indication of bipartisan movement on data protection at the federal-level. The House Committee on...more
On June 3, 2022, a bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives released a discussion draft of a comprehensive federal data privacy bill entitled the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA). Though bipartisan compromise...more
After a stalemate over federal consumer privacy legislation in the past few years, a draft bill was released on June 3 that signals a major step towards bipartisan support for federal consumer privacy legislation. The...more
Last week, Representatives Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) released a draft federal privacy proposal titled the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA). ADPPA is...more
Keypoint: While the Washington Privacy Act appears poised to pass the Senate, a competing bill introduced in the House of Representatives would require opt-in consent for processing, create an Illinois-like biometric...more
The New York City Council has proposed additional legislation that would have a major impact on businesses falling within the broad definition of “fast food establishments” and has scheduled a hearing on the bills for...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) grants new rights to California consumers, took effect on January 1, 2020. In response, businesses must take on new obligations....more
This month marks the start of a new year, a new decade, and a new era for data privacy in the United States. Companies nationwide are either scrambling to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) or wondering if...more
Companies are still scrambling to comply with the new California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA"), which became effective on January 1, 2020. The CCPA provides new rights and protections for "consumers," defined as...more
On November 26, 2019, a comprehensive federal privacy bill was introduced that would grant individuals broad rights with respect to their data, impose new obligations on data processors, and expand the Federal Trade...more
California recently enacted the Consumer Privacy Act, the most stringent privacy law in the United States. Although it does not go into effect until January 1, 2020, most companies will need a number of months to prepare. The...more
And if you are collecting, storing or using biometric information of any Parrotheads, you may end up being the only bait in town. A bill to create the Florida Biometric Privacy Act was just introduced in the Sunshine State...more
The California legislature unanimously approved and California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) on June 28, 2018. The CCPA is arguably the most far-reaching data...more
On June 28, 2018, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or “the Act”), which is the broadest and most comprehensive privacy law enacted in the United States to date.1 The CCPA...more
The Chicago City Council unanimously approved an ordinance, effective on July 1, 2017, requiring employers to provide employees with up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per year. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to sign the...more
It is difficult for companies to manage the rapidly evolving legal landscape of cybersecurity. All companies, no matter the size, are potential targets for a cyber-attack. A common question posed by concerned In-House...more
On September 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) proposed new regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Section 1557 prohibits...more