Bill Seeks HIPAA-Like Protections for Consumer Health Data

Senate HELP Committee Chair Seeks to Secure Data in Smart Watches, Health Apps Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • November 7, 2025

Proposed legislation by U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., a physician and chair of the high-profile Senate health committee, aims to create parallel HIPAA-like privacy protections to many more types of health information - such as data collected by consumer wearable devices and health apps - that are not currently covered under HIPAA and the HITECH Act.

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The Health Information Privacy Reform Act introduced this week by Cassidy, who chairs the Senate health, education, labor and pensions committee, would require health technologies not subject to HIPAA to disclose how consumer ...