New Year, New Health Privacy Law? – What You Need To Know About NYHIPA
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A New York health privacy law has moved quickly through both chambers of the state legislature and is up for review by Governor Kathy Hochul. The New York Health Information Privacy Act (“NYHIPA”) bears striking resemblance to similar laws in Washington, Nevada, and Connecticut, but also adopts novel provisions that could make this one of the most stringent privacy laws on the books in the U.S.