U.S. Senate Introduces the Health Information Privacy Reform Act

On November 4, 2025, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (“HELP”) Committee, introduced the Health Information Privacy Reform Act (“HIPRA”). HIPRA seeks to extend protections similar to those provided under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and its implementing regulations (collectively, “HIPAA”) to certain health information collected by entities not currently regulated by HIPAA. HIPRA also proposes modifications and calls for guidance related to certain existing provisions of HIPAA as well as Part 2 (related to substance use disorder medical history).

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