Publications

New Hampshire signed into law Senate Bill 194-FN, the Insurance Data Security Law, on August 2, 2019, which requires insurers licensed in New Hampshire to implement an information security program, investigate cybersecurity events, and report such cybersecurity events to the New Hampshire insurance commissioner. This law is effective January 1, […]

While businesses prepare to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), Nevada quietly passed an amendment to its online privacy law that requires businesses to offer consumers a right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information. The amended law will be effective October 1, 2019 – three […]

On August 26, 2019, HHS’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) published a Proposed Rule updating the regulations on the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Records (“Part 2”). Part 2 Programs, which can be stand-alone facilities or individuals or departments of general medical facilities whose primary function is […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a controversial proposed rule regarding price transparency for hospitals as part of the FY 2020 Outpatient Prospective Payment Proposed Rule. In its fact sheet regarding these provisions of the proposed rule, CMS noted that President Trump signed an Executive Order on […]

Last year, the Nebraska Unicameral updated Nebraska’s Wounds of Violence reporting statute. In the statutory update, the Attorney General was directed to develop and distribute a statewide model protocol for the submission of anonymous reports of actual or attempted sexual assaults by July 2019. In the interim, the Attorney General’s […]