Senator Cassidy Introduces Sweeping Health Privacy Bill

On November 4, 2025, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Health Information Privacy Reform Act (the Act), which would, among other things, expand the privacy protections of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to health-related data handled by non-HIPAA-covered entities (“regulated entities” under the Act). The Act includes several provisions similar to Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMD), which extends privacy protections to “consumer health data”…
By: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati