Mary Tuma reports “Your help means the world to me,” a grateful Brittni Silva texted her best friends, Jackie Noyola and Amy Carpenter, last July. “I’m so lucky to have y’all. Really.” A month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Houston mother of two experienced an unplanned pregnancy with her now…
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Washington Likely to Become First State to Enact a Comprehensive Health Privacy Law
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On April 17, 2023, the Washington State House concurred to the Washington State Senate’s amendments to Washington State House Bill 1155, the My Health My Data Act (the “Act”), clearing the Act’s way to Governor Jay Inslee for a final signature. If enacted, the Act would be the first comprehensive consumer health…
Virginia Passes Legislation Prohibiting the Use of Employees’ Social Security Numbers as Identifiers
Jason C. Gavejian and Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis write: On March 21, 2023, Virginia’s governor approved Senate Bill 1040, which prohibits an employer from using an employee’s social security number or any derivative as an employee’s identification number. The bill also prohibits including an employee’s social security number or any number derived from the social…
Washington Legislature Passes My Health My Data Act
David P. Saunders, Alya Sulaiman, Sam Siegfried, and Austin Mooney of McDermott Will & Emery write: Washington State’s My Health My Data Act (the Act), which is working its way through the reconciliation process after the Washington Senate and House passed different versions of the Act, is ultimately expected to be signed into law by…