In an effort to support reproductive health care privacy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently modified the standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information (the “Privacy Rule”) relevant to an individual’s reproductive health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), as amended. The new 2024 Privacy Rule has a compliance date of December 2024, except for required updates to health care providers’ Notice of Privacy Practices, which are required to be implemented by February 16, 2026. Continue Reading HHS Amends HIPAA Privacy Rule to Further Protect Reproductive Health Information