Health Groups Want Congress’ Next Federal Data Privacy Bill To Build Off HIPAA

By Christian Robles / April 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM

Health care stakeholders broadly want the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Privacy Working Group to craft a federal data privacy law that utilizes existing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) concepts like “covered entities” and “protected health information,” a review of nine comments sent to the group indicated.


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